SQLDIY: Statistics Information Including Last Update
One of the most important aspects of keeping your system running well is updating and managing your statistics. Since the...
2011-07-05
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Deleting Accounts from Websites
I ran across this article about How to Delete an Account from Any Website on the PC Magazine web site....
2011-07-05
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PASS SQL Rally 2011 Evaluations
In keeping with the all my other major speaking engagements, I’m posting the results of my pre-con and session evals...
2011-07-05
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T-SQL Enhancement: EXECUTE WITH RESULT SETS
All developers know, that it is very important to encapsulate code in classes and methods to be able to reuse...
2011-07-05
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SQL Server on steroids with RAM disk
I’ve faced pretty common situation recently – you need to work with huge data during development/testing. It’s good if you have...
2011-07-05
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Select from a table with no rows returned.
G’day,
I recently ran into a nice feature that I had never encountered before.
Sometimes, when developing or administrating an unfamiliar table...
2011-07-04
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Wild West Day
One of the things I’m missing today is Wild West Day at Red Gate. It’s not just because I don’t...
2011-07-04
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How to re-create database quickly
I was running some database unit tests and needed to drop completely everyhing in my database. There are really many...
2011-07-04
690 reads
2011 SQL Server MVP Award
Thanks Microsoft for awarding me the MVP for SQL Server for the third year in a row. It’s a great...
2011-07-04
610 reads
Listing Stored Procedures From Every Database
Recently I answered a question on AskSSC that I thought I would create a quick blog about. Someone had asked...
2011-07-04
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Blogs
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Forums
Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
Hi everyone, I'm hoping some of the longtime SQL Server professionals here might be...
Checking the Error Log II
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Parameter Sniffing on SQL Server 2025: A Walkthrough with Real Numbers
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Checking the Error Log II
What is the reason I should change my old code that uses xp_readerrorlog?
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