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Sorry for long delay but i was a pretty busy preparing SQLSat
Now mission is accomplished and i'll return to...

XML Attribute VS Element Assignment when working with SQL

XML handling with aliases
I find it interesting the difference in behavior with querying XML between column assignment, and quoted alias...

Step by Step SSIS - Conditional Split Transformation TIP #117

In the series of Zero to Hero in SSIS this is our next post. In this post we will see...

Clustered Index and related Interview Questions

Since the day I wrote my first blog. My friends are eagerly waiting for just one topic. The Indexing. I...

Clustered Index and related Interview Questions

Since the day I wrote my first blog. My friends are eagerly waiting for just one topic. The Indexing. I...

Free SQL Azure eBook

As this blog post is being published David will be delivering his “Putting his Head in the Cloud – Working with...

SQL Saturday San Diego tomorrow! (September 18)

This weekend we’re going to hit SQL Saturday San Diego for the first time ever! We are the excited. Come and...

Map Data Types in Extended Events

Maps are like a way of overloading the data type to expose more meaningful values that relate to the payload data in question. The standard data types can also...

Map Data Types in Extended Events

In the last segment, I wrote about the data types for the payload of an event in Extended Events. In that...

5 Enhancements to SQL Runbooks in the Azure Preview Portal

5 Enhancements to SQL Runbooks in the Azure Preview Portal
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

IntroductionRunbooks are your SQL Server Agent for Azure SQL Database. Lately, Microsoft have been making quite a few...