New Years Aspirations – Kevin Kline – Presenting
I’ve been very privileged to be able to work alongside Kevin on a few projects during our time together at...
2013-01-25
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Replication Latency
I've used Replication a lot over the years and contrary to the opinions of most DBA’s I know, I think it...
2013-01-25
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SQL Server Non Clustered Index Tutorial for Beginners
In the past I have come across comments like SQL Server is slow (small tables) or interviews where someone had...
2013-01-25
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Backup SQL database directly to Azure Storage
There is a new CU update for SQL 2012 SP1 and I noticed a very interesting new feature described in...
2013-01-25
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Day 20 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: The Case of the Backups That Wouldn’t Restore
I have decided to spend day 20 of my 31 Days of Disaster Recovery series by relating a true tale...
2013-01-25
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I'm an Administrator Why Can't I Copy Files
Hello Dear Reader! I've been working on setting up a virtual environment for quite some time. When last I wrote...
2013-01-31 (first published: 2013-01-24)
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Audit Configuration Changes
Do you know the last time a Server Property was changed on your instances of SQL Server? Are you wondering when the setting for max degree of parallelism was...
2013-01-24
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Audit Configuration Changes
Do you know the last time a Server Property was changed on your instances of SQL Server?
Are you wondering when...
2013-01-30 (first published: 2013-01-24)
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If You Need To Fix Database Filename Extensions
In a recent post I showed how the file extension for a database doesn’t matter. It can be confusing, however,...
2013-01-24
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SQLSaturday 194 (Exeter)
It’s an exciting time for SQL Server Professionals in the South West of the UK, we’re now just a few...
2013-01-24
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Blogs
Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
By Steve Jones
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
To refer and to be referred
Referrals have never been more important in the job market. They’re no longer nice...
A New Word: Dorgone
By Steve Jones
dorgone– adj. wondering if you could slip away from an event or group conversation...
Forums
Querying Multiple Tables for the Same Information
I have about 100 Tables that are all suffixed with _Modify. These tables record...
Make It Routine
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Finding Gaps in Sequential Data Using SQL Server
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Question of the Day
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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