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It has been a few weeks since I last posted. I know, I’m a slacker, thanks for pointing that out. ...
2011-07-10
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How to merge (combine) date intervals in T-SQL
On my current project, I am dealing with date intervals in T-SQL very heavily. I’ve hit interesting issue recently – how...
2011-07-08
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Showing slowest parts of SQL query
I’ve received interesting question/requirement few days ago:
“… When viewing a query plan graphically, we usually have to hunt for the...
2011-07-08
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Learning From the Mistakes of Other DBAs
I have been a judge for the Exceptional DBA of the Year Awards ever since its inception, and one of...
2011-07-08
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Free SQL Server 2008 R2 Business Intelligence Training Course
If you are new to Business Intelligence (BI) and learn best by watching videos and “playing”, then this course is...
2011-07-08
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Baseball and Scheduling Your Vacation, and a Puzzle?
I saw an article in the newspaper titled How to Visit 30 Ballparks in 35 Days This Summer. I think...
2011-07-08
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Count to 41
My children never cease to delight me in all kinds of ways, but never more when they come up with some...
2011-07-08
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2011-07-08
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Re-blog – July 1-July 7
As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week. Some posts...
2011-07-08
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Brute-force searching for data.
Today, I needed a way of searching through a database, any database, looking for a certain string. The procedure I...
2011-07-08
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Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
My Social Media Rules
By Brian Kelley
I developed these rules a while back, before COVID. I had a period of...
Why Use TRY_PARSE(): #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
Someone asked why I would use TRY_PARSE after I posted a question at SQL...
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