Delimiting Results
Recently, I came across the need to delimit some data in order to be able to test some procedures that I was writing. The procedures need to be able...
2011-03-01
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Delimiting Results
Recently, I came across the need to delimit some data in order to be able to test some procedures that...
2011-03-01
612 reads
Attending 2011 MVP Summit in Bellevue/Redmond, WA – Great Face-time with Fellow Speakers/Writers/Bloggers
The raincoast weather could be a little better, but so far, I am very happy with the brain-filling load of...
2011-03-01
916 reads
Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta on March 5
I will be attending and speaking at the Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta in downtown Denver on March 5, 2011. This...
2011-03-01
500 reads
SQLDIY: Alert On Blocking Chains
Continuing the SQLDIY monitoring project we will take a look at tracking blocking events. I actually received a request to...
2011-03-01
2,866 reads
Firefox and NTLM Authentication
By default Firefox doesn’t pass through NT credentials, not a big deal when you’re browsing Amazon by a big pain...
2011-03-01
938 reads
March Question: What’s Your Biggest SQL Server Performance Headache?
As DBAs, we have all received a phone call from a database user, asking why the database is so slow....
2011-03-01
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2011 MVP Summit – Day 1
I’m glad I went running this morning. It’s been a long day, in and out of sessions and meetings all...
2011-03-01
397 reads
How to Get a Head Start on Performance Tuning
The problem with performance tuning is that it is commonly considered as secondary to the task at hand rather than...
2011-03-01
725 reads
SSRS – Creating and Using Shared Schedules – Part 1
As you will see by the dates in my screenshots, I wrote them quite a while back while touring the...
2011-02-28
2,389 reads
Blogs
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
My Social Media Rules
By Brian Kelley
I developed these rules a while back, before COVID. I had a period of...
Why Use TRY_PARSE(): #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
Someone asked why I would use TRY_PARSE after I posted a question at SQL...
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