SSIS – Using Kill with SP_Who to Break locks
The dreaded table lock can occur and cause your SSIS packages to fail. A popular request I receive asks “How...
2014-02-03
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Cumulative Update – 8 for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 Is Now Available !
The 8th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 is now available. Cumulative Update 8 contains all...
2014-02-03
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Cumulative Update – 15 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 Is Now Available !
The 15th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 is now available for download at the Microsoft...
2014-02-03
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Announcing the SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan
You are a developer and/or DBA and want to learn in a very compact way the essential things about performance...
2014-02-03
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What Tables Are In My Filegroups
One issue I've found a bit troublesome is trying to find out what's in a specific Filegroup. Let's say you're...
2014-02-03
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Analyzing your Microsoft Exchange Account Data with Power Query
One of the interesting additions to the Power Query Preview December update is the ability to import data from Microsoft...
2014-02-02
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Master Data Services for the Beginner Part 06
Introduction
The consumers of our data wish to be able to make stock and financial decisions from our data. Turning raw...
2014-02-02
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SQL Server Analysis Services – SSAS Fundamentals
SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) Fundamentals
SSAS comes with your purchase of Microsoft’s SQL Server. It is a separate component and...
2014-02-02
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Hortonworks Makes HDP 2.0 for Windows Server Generally Available
Today, Hortonworks announced the general availability of the Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) 2.0 for Windows. This is the next release...
2014-02-02
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Transactions: Creating a single restore point across multiple databases.
This is a disaster and recovery trick I’ve found to be useful for developers with batch processes that hit multiple...
2014-02-02
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Blogs
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
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Reusing Customer Specific Order Filtering Logic with CROSS APPLY and an Inline TVF (Part 4)
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
Which of the following meta commands (sometimes called backslash or slash commands) within psql will provide you with information about the databases on the cluster?
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