Execution Plans in Azure SQL Database
Microsoft has stated pretty clearly that they’re putting code on Azure first, ahead of the desktop. Which makes one wonder...
2013-03-27 (first published: 2013-03-25)
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Implicit Conversions and Avoiding Them With Computed Columns
I recently encountered an interesting performance issue (due to implicit conversions) that I was able to solve using a lesser known technique and I wanted to share it with...
2013-03-25
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Implicit Conversions and Avoiding Them With Computed Columns
I recently encountered an interesting performance issue (due to implicit conversions) that I was able to solve using a lesser known...
2013-04-02 (first published: 2013-03-25)
3,978 reads
SQL Server – Executing Multiple Script Files Using SQLCMD
There are different options available when you want to execute a .sql script file on a server. You can open...
2013-03-25
9,769 reads
Count Weekdays in MDX
I recently implemented an MDX expression to count the number of weekdays in a given timeframe. This logic is likely...
2013-03-25
2,743 reads
Day 31 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Backup and Restore of the Resource Database
It has been a long journey to the final day my 31 Days of Disaster Recovery series, but we have...
2013-03-28 (first published: 2013-03-25)
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SQL Server : Part 7 : Non clustered index on non unique column
In our earlier post, we have discussed about the non clustered index, but there we were always discussing about unique...
2013-03-24
3,567 reads
PowerShell Usage in DBA Work – Case Study 7/7
Reading/scanning SQL Server Logs is a required DBA work item in all my work environments. I know there are lots...
2013-03-29 (first published: 2013-03-24)
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PowerShell Usage in DBA Work – Case Study 6/7
SQL Server SMO is a great resource for DBAs, unfortunately, before PowerShell, it is a pretty deep learning curve to...
2013-03-27 (first published: 2013-03-23)
2,722 reads
MDX #28– Time functions will not work with subquery
I had a post last month, MDX #25 – Slicer or Sub-Cube?, verifying that the query context did not change with...
2013-03-22
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Blogs
A New Word: Dorgone
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SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident
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Negative and Positive Numbers
If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?
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