PASSITON discount code for PASS Summit 2018
This week only PASS has a new discount code of PASSITON for an additional $200 off 3-day registration. This is...
2018-09-18
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The Trigger Roundup–T-SQL Tuesday #106
This month was my turn to host T-SQL Tuesday. I chose Trigger Headaches or Happiness as the topic, and I...
2018-09-18
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New Whitepaper: Architecting Microsoft SQL Server on VMware vSphere
(Be sure to checkout the FREE SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan - you get a weekly email packed with all the...
2018-09-18
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Announcing the 5th Edition of SQL Server 2017 Query Performance Tuning
I am quite excited to announce that the latest, most up to date, and by far the largest, copy of...
2018-09-18
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sp_translate, A Universal Translator in SQL Server. Just One Example Of How Powerful the Python/SQL Partnership Can Be.
In my recent post, Installing External Modules into SQL Server’s Python I had a look at just how simple it is to...
2018-09-18
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Check if any database has auditing configured
Here is a DMV script to check whether a or any database has the auditing configured and running, along with...
2018-09-18
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Find Orphaned databases in SQL Server
Do you ever wonder if there are any databases in your environment that may just be there but not being...
2018-09-18
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Find Most executed queries
SELECT TOP 50
QueryState.execution_count
,OBJECT_NAME(objectid)
,query_text = SUBSTRING(
qt.text,
QueryState.statement_start_offset/2,
(CASE WHEN QueryState.statement_end_offset = -1
THEN len(convert(nvarchar(max), qt.text)) * 2
ELSE QueryState.statement_end_offset
END - QueryState.statement_start_offset)/2)
,qt.dbid
,dbname = db_name(qt.dbid)
,qt.objectid
FROM sys.dm_exec_query_stats QueryState
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(QueryState.sql_handle) as qt
ORDER BY...
2018-09-18
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Extracting JSON Values Longer Than 4000 Characters
A while back I built an automated process that parses JSON strings into a relational format.
Up until recently this process...
2018-09-18
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Extracting JSON Values Longer Than 4000 Characters
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A while back I built an automated process that parses JSON strings into a relational format.
Up until recently this process had been working great:...
2018-09-18
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Blogs
Paginated Reporting at Scale: Choosing the Right Microsoft Platform
By Rayis Imayev
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe..."— Roy Batty, Nexus-6 Replicant, Blade Runner (1982)(2026-Nov-08) Yep,...
The Book of Redgate: Fun with Images
By Steve Jones
We’ve celebrated our birthday many times at Redgate. In the Book of Redgate –...
Why companies use Palantir and how we help implement it in the Czech Republic
Discover how Palantir connects enterprise data, supports AI-driven decision-making and helps companies turn insights...
Forums
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Table Partitioning in SQL Server: A Practical Guide to Managing Very Large Tables (VLDBs)
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Question of the Day
Too Many Choices
I have a table, dbo.MasterBrands, with this data:
BrandID OfficialName 1 Samsung 2 Apple 3 Microsoft 4 Adidas 5 Coca-ColaI run this query. What is returned for Coca-Cola?
SELECT CHOOSE(BrandID, 'Conglomerate', 'Tech and Design', 'Desktop', 'Apparel') FROM dbo.MasterBrands;See possible answers