Finding Compressed Tables
Have you been working with compression? Have you inherited a database that may or may not have some tables compressed?...
2011-02-25
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PASS Update #53 (Bylaws)
This week we posted some pending changes to the PASS bylaws. We try to do a review at least once...
2011-02-25
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Changes to the SSIS Slowly Changing Dimension Component
Probably not the kind of change you're expecting. I've recently been contacted by the Kimball Group, and they've asked me...
2011-02-25
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Some Suggested SQL Server 2008 R2 Instance Configuration Settings
Depending on your anticipated workload and which SQL Server components you have installed, there are a number of instance level...
2011-02-25
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Selecting Speakers for SQL Saturday #70
The Call for Speakers for SQL Saturday #70 - Columbia, SC, ended on February 17, 2011. We wanted to put the...
2011-02-25
1,656 reads
SQLskills Immersion Event on Internals and Performance – Day 4
Overview
We just finished the fourth day of SQLskills learning. Today was all on indexes and statistics. We learned about choosing...
2011-02-25
1,403 reads
Help Promote SQLRally!
In case you’re in need of some images to help us promote the largest PASS event on the East Coast...
2011-02-25
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I've Got A New Job
You've probably noticed I've been quiet on this blog lately, eeking out a post every other week on average. I've...
2011-02-24
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PASS in Five Years: It's about the Members
Andy Warren (blog | twitter) recently blogged about wanting input on What Should PASS Be? and I think it's a reasonable...
2011-02-24
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Why knowledge of internals is required for DBA? here is a valid reason
I got a report from development team that section of BizTalk communicating with SQL Server to update status
is frequently...
2011-02-24
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Blogs
Wait… Could This Be the End of Index Maintenance?
While attending SQLCon and FabCon Europe in Barcelona, there were a lot of announcements...
Copilot on the Power BI Report Canvas vs. Modern Report Builder
By James Serra
(This is the second post in a three-part series on how AI is changing...
The #MS_DatabaseConnector## Role: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I had seen these roles in various instances, but never dug into the new...
Forums
Pay for Performance
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Packing and Decoding Device Status Codes with LEFT_SHIFT() and RIGHT_SHIFT() in SQL Server
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SQL Server Audit Failures
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Question of the Day
SQL Server Audit Failures
If I have a SQL Server Server Audit setup, what are my options for configuring the instance in the event it can't write to the audit log?
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