MSDTC Requirements for SSIS Transactions
MSDTC is frequently required when using transactions within SSIS. And not just when you are connecting to two SQL Server...
2016-01-12 (first published: 2016-01-06)
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New Gear: Lenovo Yoga 900
For several months I’ve been eyeing a replacement for my aging Surface Pro 2. Although I’ve been pretty happy with...
2016-01-11 (first published: 2016-01-06)
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Waiting, is it a Bad Thing?
One of the more useful troubleshooting tools (granted when used properly and not with a knee jerk approach) is waits. There are waits in SQL Server that are very...
2016-01-06
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Waiting, is it a Bad Thing?
Despite the desire to get away from the GUI talk in these articles about Extended Events, I have so far...
2016-01-06
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Install MongoDB 3.2 on Windows
We can install MongoDB as a windows service. The steps are given below
Prerequisite –
Install Hotfix kb2731284 on the MongoDB Server...
2016-01-05
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A first look at Redgate Reference Data Manager
Over the past few years one of the big drives and innovations in the SQL Server world, has been to bring...
2016-01-05
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PASS Virtualization Virtual Chapter Open Q&A – 1/13
Next Wednesday, January 13th, at 1pm Eastern the PASSVirtualization Virtual Chapter will be holding an open questions and answers session on...
2016-01-05
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Multiple CTEs – #SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as#SQLNewBloggers.
One...
2016-01-05
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2016 Polar Plunge
In just a few weeks… on January 30th, I’m going to be jumping into White Bear Lake in Minnesota. Now...
2016-01-05
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What is SSDT all about aka Why should I bother?
I often get asked the questions “What is SSDT" and I have wanted to have a single reference as to...
2016-01-11 (first published: 2016-01-05)
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #202 Invitation: That One SQL Server Outage You’ll Never Forget
I am excited to host T-SQL Tuesday for the first time. I want to...
A Daily Report from Claude
By Steve Jones
Redgate had some Claude training recently, which I went through as my knowledge has...
A New Word: Gnossienne
By Steve Jones
gnossienne– n. the awareness that someone you’ve known for years still has a private...
Forums
Practical Ways to Approach SQL Server Problems and Case Studies
Working with SQL Server can involve more than just writing queries. Understanding database design,...
Measuring Productivity
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Importing Excel files into SQL Server using DuckDB and Python
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Question of the Day
Tracking All the Queries
I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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