xVelocity Columnstore Indexes in SQL Server 2012
With the release of SQL Server 2012, Microsoft introduced a new type of nonclustered index called xVelocity columnstore index in...
2013-06-12
1,442 reads
Centralized SSIS solution to monitor failed SQL Server Agent Jobs across the enterprise
SQL Server Agent Jobs are crucial to any SQL Server environment as they are created and scheduled to perform critical business...
2013-06-12
891 reads
SQL Server Transactions and Locking (Part 2)
Checkout the part-2 of my two part article series on SQL Server Transactions and Lockinghere, in which you will learn...
2013-06-12
603 reads
SQLCMD – Explicit and Implicit calls – Examples
The scripting variables can be defined explicitly by using the setvar command or implicitly by using the sqlcmd -v option....
2013-06-12
1,880 reads
SQL Server Database Backups and Recovery Models – (Part 1)
Whether caused by hardware failure, software errors or malicious actions, there is always a possibility of data loss. You should...
2013-06-12
704 reads
Monitoring Blocked Processes with Event Notifications
SQL Server is able to service requests from a large number of concurrent users. When SQL Server is servicing requests...
2013-06-12
1,219 reads
SQL Server Tipping Games – Why Non-Clustered Indexes are just ignored!
Almost everytime when I’m doing SQL Server consulting engagements, DBAs are showing me queries and their Execution Plans, where SQL...
2013-06-12
1,628 reads
Security Questions: SQL Agent Permissions
As I mentioned in the introductory post, during the Introduction to SQL Server Security session for Pragmatic Work’sTraining on the T’s, I...
2013-06-12
631 reads
Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture Presentation
I will be presenting the session “Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture” this Thursday, June 13th at 11:00am EST for Pragmatic Works. Below is...
2013-06-12
936 reads
Building a SharePoint 2013 BI Demo Environment Part 10 – Creating a BI site
In the final part of this series, we will create a BI subsite in our site collection. You can use...
2013-06-12
3,082 reads
Blogs
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
Forums
Training the next generation
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Training the next generation
Reusing Customer Specific Order Filtering Logic with CROSS APPLY and an Inline TVF (Part 4)
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Reusing Customer Specific Order Filtering...
PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
Comments posted to this topic are about the item PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
Question of the Day
PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
Which of the following meta commands (sometimes called backslash or slash commands) within psql will provide you with information about the databases on the cluster?
See possible answers