Virtual SQL Playground Adventure: Introduction
Welcome to the Virtual SQL Playground Adventure! Why Adventure? What’s an Adventure?
An adventure is an exciting or unusual experience; it may...
2013-06-13
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xVelocity Columnstore Indexes in SQL Server 2012
With the release of SQL Server 2012, Microsoft introduced a new type of nonclustered index called xVelocity columnstore index in...
2013-06-12
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Centralized SSIS solution to monitor failed SQL Server Agent Jobs across the enterprise
SQL Server Agent Jobs are crucial to any SQL Server environment as they are created and scheduled to perform critical business...
2013-06-12
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SQL Server Transactions and Locking (Part 2)
Checkout the part-2 of my two part article series on SQL Server Transactions and Lockinghere, in which you will learn...
2013-06-12
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SQLCMD – Explicit and Implicit calls – Examples
The scripting variables can be defined explicitly by using the setvar command or implicitly by using the sqlcmd -v option....
2013-06-12
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SQL Server Database Backups and Recovery Models – (Part 1)
Whether caused by hardware failure, software errors or malicious actions, there is always a possibility of data loss. You should...
2013-06-12
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Monitoring Blocked Processes with Event Notifications
SQL Server is able to service requests from a large number of concurrent users. When SQL Server is servicing requests...
2013-06-12
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SQL Server Tipping Games – Why Non-Clustered Indexes are just ignored!
Almost everytime when I’m doing SQL Server consulting engagements, DBAs are showing me queries and their Execution Plans, where SQL...
2013-06-12
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Security Questions: SQL Agent Permissions
As I mentioned in the introductory post, during the Introduction to SQL Server Security session for Pragmatic Work’sTraining on the T’s, I...
2013-06-12
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Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture Presentation
I will be presenting the session “Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture” this Thursday, June 13th at 11:00am EST for Pragmatic Works. Below is...
2013-06-12
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Blogs
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...
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
Forums
Risk Vs Reward, The never ending ROI discussion.
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Hyperscale Replicas IV
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The SQL Server Date Magic: When CAST and CONVERT Keep Your Index Seek
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Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas IV
In Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many geo-replicas can be created?
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