Improved partition loading
We have a table that contains just over 1.7 billion records and requires a daily feeding of around 9 million....
2011-06-06
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June Monthly SQL Server Checklist
I’ve thought about doing this for a while now and it seems to be about that time. It’ll be a...
2011-06-06
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Run, The Sky is Falling (#memeMonday)
This month’s Meme Monday is “dumb SQL questions”. Here’s the one that gets under my skin the most these days:
Let me...
2011-06-06
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Meme Monday – Stupid Questions
This month we have an interesting topic for Meme Monday. This is hosted by Thomas LaRock and the topics revolve in some way around SQL Server. As Tom brought...
2011-06-06
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Meme Monday – Stupid Questions
This month we have an interesting topic for Meme Monday. This is hosted by Thomas LaRock and the topics revolve...
2011-06-06
575 reads
June 2011 S3OLV Meeting
It’s Grillin’ Time OK, so we won’t be grilling inside the meeting – or even at the meeting. But it sure sounds good. There will likely be Pizza and...
2011-06-06
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June 2011 S3OLV Meeting
It’s Grillin’ Time
OK, so we won’t be grilling inside the meeting – or even at the meeting. But it sure sounds...
2011-06-06
467 reads
Meme Monday for June – there are no dumb questions
G’day,
Here’s my input into this months Meme Monday – there are no dumb questions.
It seems (at least to me), that – occasionally...
2011-06-06
1,698 reads
Great white paper: Microsoft EDW Architecture, Guidance and Deployment Best Practices
A fantastic white paper just released: Microsoft EDW Architecture, Guidance and Deployment Best Practices.
It’s a must read if you are...
2011-06-06
1,109 reads
A Welcome Break
I’m not working, though I have checked some email and kept an eye on a few things while I’m in...
2011-06-06
502 reads
Blogs
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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