Set up Instant File Initialization for SQL Server
When a space growth operation is done within SQL Server (create, restore, auto-grow) the engine places zeros across the file...
2018-07-23
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10 SQL Saturdays – and a personal parting of ways
I’ve written many posts on SQL Saturdays , especially the one at Louisville. This one is a bit different. This is...
2018-07-23
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Extended events (XE): Create a simple XE
When someone says still uses SQL Profiler.
Image is taken from hereAn ancient, dark place, a source of many legends and...
2018-07-23
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Taking the Linux plunge
I’m a Windows guy.
Kinda have had to be, given my profession as a SQL Server DBA. But recently I’ve become...
2018-07-23
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Why Availability Databases Are Not Synchronizing?
If you are working on SQL Server Availability Group Databases, you may have seen that Availability Group is online but at-least...
2018-07-23
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SQL Server on VMware Boot Camp at VMworld 2018
I am extremely proud to announce that I am presenting in conjunction with VMware Corp. an all-day boot camp for...
2018-07-21
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Forcing Execution Plan
Very rarely there is a need to force an execution plan and even more rarely we should be doing it....
2018-07-30 (first published: 2018-07-20)
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Silly Photos at Work
Someone I stumbled across this picture of @brento on my drive.
This might be the best one:
And this was a good...
2018-07-20
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Paper Model of Hubble Telescope
Not even close to being about SQL, I ran across the plans for a paper model of the Hubble Telescope while...
2018-08-03 (first published: 2018-07-20)
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The need for having both a DW and cubes
I have heard some people say if you have a data warehouse, there is no need for cubes (when I say “cubes” I am referring to tabular and multidimensional OLAP...
2018-07-20
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Blogs
Are Blogs Still Relevant? I Think They Still Are.
As for me, I'll keep writing whenever time permits. I don't expect every post...
Reading Blogs: T-SQL Tuesday #204
By Steve Jones
This is an interesting invitation this month. Jeff Ianucci is a new host, and...
Are Blogs Still Relevant? - T-SQL Tuesday #204
By alevyinroc
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community member each...
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Pay for Performance
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Slow - Linked server query
Hi I have this slow query that is pulling data from a linked server....
Too Many Choices
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Question of the Day
Too Many Choices
I have a table, dbo.MasterBrands, with this data:
BrandID OfficialName 1 Samsung 2 Apple 3 Microsoft 4 Adidas 5 Coca-ColaI run this query. What is returned for Coca-Cola?
SELECT CHOOSE(BrandID, 'Conglomerate', 'Tech and Design', 'Desktop', 'Apparel') FROM dbo.MasterBrands;See possible answers