Baseline SQL Server with SQL Sentry Performance Advisor
Baselines can be any set of metrics that have been recorded to give you an understanding of what is the...
2013-06-24
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SQL Server 365
Dedicated Administrator Connection (DAC)
We all dread the scenario whereby SQL Server is under so much load and has a complete lack of resources...
2013-05-29 (first published: 2013-05-23)
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Object Qualification
I came across an interesting issue recently with NHibernate, now it is widely known I despise ORM’s, in my experience...
2013-05-22 (first published: 2013-05-15)
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DTA and Hypothetical Indexes
For those of you that don’t know DTA stands for Database Engine Tuning Adviser and is available from the Tools...
2013-05-15 (first published: 2013-05-09)
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SQL Server Hardware and Acronyms
Over the weekend I finished reading yet another Red Gate book, this one was SQL Server Hardware by Glenn Berry...
2013-05-07
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Index Tuning
This week I've been carrying out some performance tuning of some of the more intensive procedures in one of our environments. Using...
2013-03-21 (first published: 2013-03-14)
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Cost Threshold for Parallelism
Parallelism, where to start? Well let’s start right at the beginning shall we with the question, what is parallelism? Simply...
2013-02-26
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Fun with dates
Every year me and a group of friends attend the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) at RAF Fairford, for us it...
2013-02-17
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T-SQL Gotcha
I came across an interesting issue a few days ago that I thought I would blog about. The issue is...
2013-02-15
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Script Replication with PowerShell
I promised you some PowerShell scripts this year and this post is the first one. I can see the value...
2013-02-14
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Blogs
Using SQLFluff
I thought I didn’t care about linting, and lately, I haven’t written a lot...
Marketing Analyst: The Data-Driven Superhero Your Company Needs
Want to blend your love of marketing with the power of data? Becoming a...
Can You See Table Valued Parameters in Extended Events?
I live for questions and this was an interesting one. Can you see Table...
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Dynamic T-SQL Script Parameterization Using Python
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SQL Server Migration - Redirecting Old Instance Connections to New AG Listener
Hi everyone, I’ve been tasked with migrating a Standalone SQL Server instance to a...
How Can Programmatic Ads Benefit Insurance Businesses?
Programmatic advertising offers numerous advantages for insurance businesses advertising looking to enhance their marketing efforts efficiently....
Question of the Day
A Strange Choice
What is returned when I run this code in SQL Server 2022?
CREATE TABLE CatIndex
( indexval VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
INSERT dbo.CatIndex (indexval) VALUES ('1'), ('2'), ('3')
GO
SELECT CHOOSE(indexval, cast('2025-01-01' AS DATE), CAST('2025-02-01' AS DATE), CAST('2025-03-01' AS DATE))
FROM dbo.CatIndex AS ci See possible answers