SQL Saturday 108 (Redmond, WA) Session Files
SQL Saturday 108 (Redmond, WA) Session Files
SQL Saturday 108 Replication Magic
Session files are now available for download. The zip file...
2012-02-26
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SQL Server Soldier :: News from the frontlines of the database wars
[Shameless Plug] Can We Have Your Vote?
[Shameless Plug] Can We Have Your Vote?
SQL PASS SQLRally
Argenis Fernandez (|@DBArgenis) and yours truly have submitted a Pre-Conference for SQL...
2012-02-08
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Breaking Down TempDB Contention (part 2)
Breaking Down TempDB Contention (part 2)
Tempdb Contention via Idera Diagnostic Manager
I wrote a somewhat popular script and blog post a...
2012-01-30
3,025 reads
The Kind of DBA I Want to Be
The Kind of DBA I Want to Be
Rokusaburo Michiba (Iron Chef Japanese)
I was a big fan of the original Iron...
2012-01-27 (first published: 2012-01-22)
2,800 reads
Including Missing Values in Data Ranges Without a Lookup Table
Including Missing Values in Data Ranges Without a Lookup Table
Including Missing Data
One of the ways that I learn new things...
2012-01-14
1,727 reads
Webcast: Putting a Better SQL Server in Production
Webcast: Putting a Better SQL Server in Production
Production Line
Webcast:Putting a Better SQL Server in Production
Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:00...
2011-12-26
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Using Dynamic Values in XMLA
Using Dynamic Values in XMLA
XMLA
A question was raised on Twitter today via the #sqlhelp hash tag about passing parameter values...
2011-12-18
1,934 reads
Undocumented Gotchas of Transactional Replication
Undocumented Gotchas of Transactional Replication
Gotcha - Norelco commercial (1977)
This discussion started on Twitter via the #sqlhelp hash tag. The question that...
2011-12-17
1,396 reads
PASS Data Arch. Virtual Chapter: Row Versioned Data Warehouses
PASS Data Arch. Virtual Chapter: Row Versioned Data Warehouses
Subject:Row Versioned Data WarehousesStart Time:Thursday, December 15, 2011 6:00 PM US Pacific...
2011-12-14
810 reads
PASS Data Arch. Virtual Chapter: On beyond Zebra AdventureWorks OR where did I go wrong?
PASS Data Arch. Virtual Chapter: On beyond Zebra AdventureWorks OR where did I go wrong?
Subject:On beyond Zebra AdventureWorks or where...
2011-11-15
1,062 reads
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Updating the Data API Builder
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I was updating my session for the Data API Builder (DAB) recently, mostly to...
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Question of the Day
Tracking All the Queries
I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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