SQL Server Bugs That Might Bite You
I’m on my way to give a presentation at the PASS Database Administration Virtual Chapter about SQL Server bugs. All the materials...
2014-12-10
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Noam Brezis
The Truth About Index Fragmentation
In just a little while, I’m going to give a presentation at the PASS Performance Virtual Chapter. You can download...
2014-11-20
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Show Only Specific Databases
One of our customers is implementing a very large consolidation project in which they enable users to create their own...
2013-01-08
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SELECT Top 4 Bugs FROM DBAs IN SQL Server
I gathered the 4 most common bugs I find DBA are using in their code. Feel free to send me...
2012-11-11
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Parallel Processing For Pros
Hi,
Yesterday I delivered a session on Parallel Processing at the Israeli User Group.
I had a great time and hope you...
2012-06-05
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Update Statistics and the new TraceFlag 2371
What comes first, the chicken or the egg? What happens first – update statistics or re-compilations?
The Statistics life cycle
As a regular...
2012-01-18
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Pro and Cons of Parameter Sniffing
Look at the following 3 scripts:
-- 1. Hardcoded
SELECT
*
FROM
Sales.Orders
WHERE
DateAndTime < '19900101'
-- 2. Variable
DECLARE @FilterDate DATETIME = '19900101'
SELECT
*
FROM
Sales.Orders
WHERE
DateAndTime...
2012-01-02
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2011-09-03
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Answer to the Quiz
Hi Everybody,
Congratulation to Yair Gutman who won a free ticket to the Advanced Programming in SQL Server 2008 R2 Course...
2011-08-28
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Answer to the Quiz
Hi Everybody,
Congratulation to Yair Gutman who won a free ticket to the Advanced Programming in SQL Server 2008 R2 Course...
2011-08-27
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Encoding NULL
What is returned from this code in SQL Server 2025?
SELECT BASE64_ENCODE(NULL)See possible answers