MADPASS Follow-Up
A couple weeks back, I drove out to Madison to present at the MADPASS user group. These guys have a...
2011-10-10
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SQL Saturday 98 Follow-Up
I’ve been meaning to follow-up with links to the presentations that I delivered at SQL Saturday 98. It’s a few...
2011-10-10
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Sometimes temp tables can be your best friend
Here is a quick example of when using temporary tables will give you a big performance gain. I recently was...
2011-10-10
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Call for Speakers–South Florida Code Camp 2012
The 2012 South Florida Code Camp is scheduled for February 11, 2012 at Nova University in Ft Lauderdale, and the...
2011-10-10
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PASS Summit Attendees: Remember to Network and Maintain
Previously, when I had attended conferences, I had used them to attend as many seminars or talks as I could...
2011-10-10
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sys.dm_os_loaded_modules
sys.dm_os_loaded_modules is a SQL Server OS Dynamic Management View (DMV).
When executing the t-sql statement below – a recordset is returned . I’ve...
2011-10-10
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The PASS Summit is HERE!
Watching the twitter sphere it is apparent that many of the SQL Nation are in route to Seattle WA today....
2011-10-10
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PASS 2011 Countdown – Starting Now
Seriously, the clock is ticking and you should be in your car or a plane for PASS Summit by now. ...
2011-10-09
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An Informal Compendium of SSAS Errors, Part 4: SSAS Object Design
This is the third in a series of posts on some SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) errors for which there...
2011-10-08
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DBCC checktable
Instead of using DBCC CHECKDB , which checks on consistency and allocation across the whole database, an alternative is DBCC CHECKTABLE...
2011-10-08
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Blogs
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It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
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Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
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Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
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Checking the Error Log II
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Checking the Error Log II
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