SQL Bits – Europe’s largest SQL Conference
4th 7th March
ExCeL Centre in London, England
SQLBits have announced their dates for 2015.
I have been three times and...
2014-12-12
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T-SQL Tricks – Trigger Your Memory
I was scanning Twitter the other day and saw a note from someone that they had written a query using...
2014-12-18 (first published: 2014-12-11)
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Exam Prep 70-463: SSIS Connection Managers
This post is part of a series on this blog that will help me, and hopefully you, pass exam 70-463: Implementing...
2014-12-17 (first published: 2014-12-11)
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DROP INDEX and CREATE INDEX vs ALTER INDEX REBUILD
I saw someone ask a few weeks ago if it was faster to drop and re-create an index or do...
2014-12-11
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Rebuilding and Reorganizing Clustered Columnstore Indexes
Clustered Columnstore Indexes, as well as “regular” indexes, support the Rebuild and Reorganize operations. However, the meaning of those operations...
2014-12-16 (first published: 2014-12-11)
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Converting Dates
I ran across a post recently where someone had dates stored as characters (never good), but also in this format:...
2014-12-10
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Sequence feature TIP #76
Although it is a old feature for those who knows ORACLE but for SQL server developers it is a new...
2014-12-10
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SQL Saturday NYC Update #2
Just over 2 weeks now since SQL Saturday NYC went live and planning is in full force. An update on...
2014-12-10
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SQL Server Bugs That Might Bite You
I’m on my way to give a presentation at the PASS Database Administration Virtual Chapter about SQL Server bugs. All the materials...
2014-12-10
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Getting Your Worth the Struggles with Moving Ahead
I often get asked for advice on how to get started in a career as a DBA or in IT...
2014-12-19 (first published: 2014-12-10)
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Checking the Error Log III
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