SQLSaturday 194 (Exeter)
It’s an exciting time for SQL Server Professionals in the South West of the UK, we’re now just a few...
2013-01-24
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New Year Aspirations – Jonathan Allen – DBA
Thanks for agreeing to do this Jonathan, I know you’re busy with arrangements for SQL Saturday #194 in Exeter
Before we...
2013-01-24
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Missing Data Quality Service (DQS) buttons in Excel
The Master Data Services add-in for Excel has Data Quality Services functionality to help you match data before publishing it...
2013-01-24
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Why is My New Server Under CPU Pressure?
Signal waits frequently translate to the amount of time that SQLOS is under pressure for CPU resources, as outlined in...
2013-01-28 (first published: 2013-01-24)
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SQL Server – Check Enabled Trace Flags for Server
In SQL Server you can enable a Trace Flag at session (effective for current session only) level and global level....
2013-01-24
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Day 19 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: How Much Log Can a Backup Log
It’s day 19 of my 31 Days of Disaster Recovery series, and today I want to talk about how much...
2013-01-24
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Frequently asked Scripts during Interviews
1.Select no of Months between two dates:
SELECT DATEDIFF(MONTH,'4/1/2011','01/23/2013')+ CASE WHENDAY('4/1/2011')<DAY('01/23/2013') THEN 1 ELSE 0 END
Output:
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22
2.What will be the
output of following...
2013-01-24
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A Rickety Stairway to SQL Server Data Mining, Algorithm 4: Logistic Regression
by Steve Bolton
In the last installment of this series of self-tutorials on SQL Server Data Mining (SSDM), A Rickety...
2013-01-23
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5 MCM Readiness Indexing Videos You Should Watch
Earlier this year, I finally passed the Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) for SQL Server 2008 certification. In the process of...
2013-01-23
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SSRS 101 – Prerequisites
Before I actually start explaining and demonstrating how to build SQL Server Reporting Service (SSRS) reports there are few things...
2013-02-01 (first published: 2013-01-23)
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Blogs
The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection
By Zikato
I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
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Transaction Log Truncation
In SQL Server 2025, where can I find information about items that prevent or delay the transaction log truncation?
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