Viewing the results before and after, during Update
DBAs & Developers using everyday UPDATE statement, and everytime before update they want to see what to update, after this they...
2010-05-06
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Using CPU-Z to Discover Hardware Information
I think it is very important to be able to discover exactly what type of hardware is in an existing...
2010-05-05
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New SQL Server Standard: Resource Governor by Roy Ernest
The latest issue of the SQL Server Standard is available for download (login required, free registration). Volume 7 Issue 4...
2010-05-05
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American Express PASS Card (Not What You Think)
Had logged in to American Express check my business account and noticed this on on the front page – a PASS...
2010-05-05
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SQL Server Integrity Checks – DBCC CHECKDB
I like to run integrity checks against my databases very regularly, sometimes daily if I can get away with it....
2010-05-05
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SQL 2005 TableSpace
In the first post of this series I highlighted and described two stored procedures that are shipped from Microsoft. These...
2010-05-05
4,709 reads
Review: SSD Tweaker
Ran across this while doing some other reading, SSD Tweaker lets you change a few settings that are supposed to...
2010-05-05
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Getting a Page of Results
The other day I was looking over a couple of articles on paging, looking to see if I could learn...
2010-05-05
410 reads
Winner of the April SQL Aloha Contest
This month’s question had 28 responses, and as usual, I found it difficult to select a winner because all of...
2010-05-05
496 reads
Spring 2010 Hardware Recommendations
Since I am very interested in various PC-based hardware, and I make an effort to stay current on new developments,...
2010-05-04
871 reads
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Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
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Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
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An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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Backing Up a DMK
In SQL Server 2025, I have a database with a Database Masker Key (DMK). I want to back up this key and keep a copy offline. When do I have to open this key before running the backup?
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