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Everyone who is involved in, and follows me in the SQL Server Community, and my blog, knows, that I am one...
2012-05-11 (first published: 2012-05-08)
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How To Use T-SQL TIMESTAMP (ROWVERSION) in SSIS
In some database designs, you may encounter SQL Server columns with a TIMESTAMP or ROWVERSION data type. What are these,...
2012-05-14 (first published: 2012-05-08)
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May 2012 – Monthly SQL Server Checklist
They say, “April showers bring May flowers.” But what if it doesn’t bring May flowers? What if instead you get...
2012-05-08
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Finding the Default Trace File
A post more for me than for anyone else, since I’ll look for something in the default trace and I...
2012-05-07
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SSAS: Duplicate Attribute Key Error
One type of error that arises occasionally during SSAS cube processing is the ‘duplicate attribute key’ error. The error message...
2012-05-07
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The Fantastic 12 of SQL Server 2012
The SQL Server Team Blog is in the midst of posting twelve, short weekly videos that let someone from the...
2012-05-07
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Updated SQL Rockstar Blogger Rankings
This morning, Thomas LaRock (blog|@SQLRockstar) released an updated version of his Blogger Rankings. I was very happy and humbled to...
2012-05-07
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Service Broker Sample: Multi-Threading
Introduction
Service Broker is a cool new feature since SQL Server 2005. Yes, SQL 2012 just came out so it’s hardly...
2012-05-07
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Which SELECT * Is Better?
The short answer is, of course, none of them, but testing is the only way to be sure.
I was asked,...
2012-05-11 (first published: 2012-05-07)
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Denali — Day 7: Contained Database
Denali – Day 7 : Contained Database
Contained database is another new feature for sql server 2012 – Denali, earlier version has a big...
2012-05-07
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