Most Interesting People…
Here are the most interesting people I met at PASS Summit 2012
Mickey Stuewe (sqlmickey)
Neil Hambly (neil_hambly)
Bob Hovious
Gail Shaw (sqlinthewild)
Ed Watson...
2012-11-21
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How to Use xp_delete_file to Purge Old Backup Files
Continuing on my recent trend of using undocumented stored procedures, this week I thought we can cover using xp_delete_file to...
2012-11-21
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Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – syspermissions
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-11-21
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Final 2012 Learning Opportunity
There’s still a little time left in the year. I know some businesses have allocated training budgets and if they...
2012-11-21
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Top 3 Books on Writing Transact-SQL (TSQL)
This weeks blog posts have been focusing on books that I have read, like and recommend for learning SQL Server...
2012-11-21
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blogging fun: dealing with spammers like Psychz Networks
@PsychzNetworks is spamming me non-stop. Every minute of every day.
I googled them and it seems Psychz Networks are famous for...
2012-11-21
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PASS Summit 2012 Recordings Available
Did you attend PASS Summit and miss out on some sessions because there were so many or you were busy...
2012-11-21
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CTEs beyond SELECT
The other day I was writing a query to pull some DMV information and I ended up using several CTEs...
2012-11-20
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Explore file physical structure - Insert Row - Part 2
1. Create sample db
use master
go
CREATE DATABASE [test] ON PRIMARY
( NAME = N'test', FILENAME = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\master\test.mdf' , SIZE = 3072KB , FILEGROWTH = 1024KB...
2012-11-20
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SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 CU1 is Available
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 Cumulative Update 1, which is Build 11.0.3321. I count 44 fixes...
2012-11-20
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Blogs
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
When Your Microsoft Fabric Capacity Runs Out: Optimize, Scale Up, Scale Out, or Isolate?
By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
Forums
The New World Of AI Robots
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The New World Of AI...
Logic question in a WHERE clause using IIF?
Thanks in advance, I'm trying to avoid using IIF for performance reasons, but the...
Execute as failure
Security has long been a problem for me. Every time I think I understand...
Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT() V
What does this return on SQL Server 2025?
select bit_count(null)See possible answers