The Perils of NewID for Randomizing Results
NewID() is commonly used in the order by to return the result set in random fashion. No idea whether its...
2007-07-09
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Service Packs and Support
More coming next week in editorials and already a note on the site, but support for both SQL Server 2000...
2007-07-07
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Latest Service Packs and Books Online
I was reading a new post at SQL Server Magazine titled The More Things Change(full version available to registered users...
2007-07-06
626 reads
The Video World
I wonder what you think of this: video shorts. I've gottne the Lockergnome newsletters for years and they've proven interesting...
2007-07-06
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Midlands PASS Chapter July Meeting with SQL Server MVP Wayne Snyder
SQL Server MVP Wayne Snyder Speaks on SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
Midlands PASS Chapter - July 12, 2007 Meeting
Sponsored by...
2007-07-06
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Cursors to Increase Performance?
I recently had the chance to look over a friends shoulder at a query that needed some tuning work. In...
2007-07-06
729 reads
Blogs
One of the suggestions I saw today was to add blogs to the user profile on the site and not...
2007-07-05
655 reads
70-444 Exam Prep Book
I just got my author copies of the Sybex book for exam 70-444 and have to say the book looks...
2007-07-05
743 reads
The Journey to Katmai
I wrote an article recently on the Journey To Katmai, looking at some of the new features that are coming...
2007-07-04
671 reads
Who said that breaking up is hard to do?
Some of you younger DBA’s out there may not know who Neil Sedaka is or remember his poignant words "Breaking...
2007-07-03
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Blogs
Moving On-Prem PostgreSQL to the Cloud: Picking the Right Path for Big Tables
Every PostgreSQL migration eventually hits the same fork in the road. The database is...
A Spread of Vacation
By Steve Jones
I’m off on vacation today. Which is a little weird as I just got...
How AgentDBA Identifies Backup Failures
By Arun Sirpal
Every DBA has a box like this. Sitting untouched for months. Nobody’s proud of...
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