A Rickety Stairway to SQL Server Data Mining, Part 0.2: How to Dig Out of a Data Mining Cave-In
This third part in my series of self-tutorials in SQL Server Data Mining (SSDM) was delayed for several weeks due...
2013-01-03
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List of Disks and Free Space
Recently I have been supporting our move from TFS from 2010 to TFS 2012. The database instances is stored on a server that I do not have log on...
2013-01-03
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Day 2 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Protection From Restoring a Backup of a Contained Database
Day 2 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Protection From Restoring a Backup of a Contained Database
31 Days of Disaster...
2013-01-02
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Vote for my SQL Bits sessions
“Rob? Tsk tsk tsk. That’s a naughty word. We never rob. We just sort of borrow a bit from those...
2013-01-03 (first published: 2013-01-02)
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SQL Server Consulting–New for 2013
Today is the first full work day for me in 2013 and I though I’d use it to write a...
2013-01-02
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Free SQL Server Learning Resources - Jan'2013
Database Normalization (some useful links)
http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~wyllys/DMPAMaterials/normstep.html
http://www.guru99.com/database-normalization.html
http://www.aliencoders.com/content/basics-normalization-examples
SQL Server Programming Fundamentals (some useful links)
http://www.blackwasp.co.uk/SQLProgrammingFundamentals.aspx
http://beginner-sql-tutorial.com/sql-select-statement.htm
SQL Server Database Administration
DBA Responsibilities
http://www.bradmcgehee.com/2011/12/the-day-to-day-tasks-of-the-average-dba/
DBA Best Practices
http://www.bradmcgehee.com/presentations/
Free eBooks (to...
2013-01-02
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T-SQL Tuesday #38 – Standing Firm
Introduction Welcome back for the 38th installment in the wildly popular blog party for the SQL Server community. This is the party that happens on the second Tuesday of...
2013-01-02
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T-SQL Tuesday #38 – Standing Firm
Introduction
Welcome back for the 38th installment in the wildly popular blog party for the SQL Server community. This is the...
2013-01-04 (first published: 2013-01-02)
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Querying and Optimizing DAX
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been watching some videos from this year’s PASS Summit. One of the presentations I...
2013-01-02
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sp_spaceused system-stored procedure
You can use the sp_spaceused system-stored procedure to return space usage information about a database or a table within a...
2013-01-02
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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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