SQL Filegroup/File Proportional Fill Algorithm
[read this post on Mr. Fox SQL blog]
I had a question at work recently where there was some confusion around how SQL...
2016-03-02 (first published: 2016-02-24)
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Grabbing Fitbit Data
Recently the T-SQL Tuesday topic was Power BI. A cool topic, and an interesting application.
I saw Rob Farley build a...
2016-02-24
1,326 reads
SQL – List Server and DB Permsission
Database Level Permission
DECLARE@DBuser_sql VARCHAR(4000)DECLARE@DBuser_table TABLE(
DBName VARCHAR(200),
UserName VARCHAR(250),
LoginType VARCHAR(500),
AssociatedDatabaseRole VARCHAR(200))SET@DBuser_sql='
SELECT "[?]" AS DBName,a.name AS Name,
a.type_desc AS LoginType,
USER_NAME(b.role_principal_id) AS AssociatedDatabaseRole
FROM [?].sys.database_principals a
LEFT OUTER...
2016-02-24
636 reads
HP Superdome X for high-end OLTP/DW
No, Superdome X is not the name of the stadium where they played in the last Super Bowl. Rather, Superdome...
2016-02-25 (first published: 2016-02-24)
1,290 reads
Query Store and Recompile
One of the many advantages of SQL Cruise is the ability to have enough time during a presentation to be...
2016-02-24
630 reads
Powershell script to create multiple SQL Server Connections
As with most of these types of things, I had a need. I want to show how using sys.dm_exec_[requests/sessions/connections] is...
2016-02-24
1,062 reads
TSQL Tuesday #75 Round Up Redux
Okay so I already posted a round up post for this month. You can see it here. Tonight one of the participants, Rob Farley (Blog | Twitter) made me...
2016-02-24
18 reads
TSQL Tuesday #75 Round Up Redux
Okay so I already posted a round up post for this month. You can see it here. Tonight one of the participants, Rob Farley (Blog | Twitter) made me...
2016-02-24
24 reads
TSQL Tuesday #75 Round Up Redux
Okay so I already posted a round up post for this month. You can see it here. Tonight one of...
2016-02-24
433 reads
Webinar – SQL Server BI Best Practices
I’ll be giving a webinar for MSSQLTips.com on Thursday March 10, 2016.
The title is SQL Server BI Best Practices and its...
2016-02-24
697 reads
Blogs
Keeping Redshift System Table History Past 7 Days with S3 Tables
Redshift keeps its SYS_* monitoring views for seven days in cluster, which is fine...
Updating the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
I was updating my session for the Data API Builder (DAB) recently, mostly to...
T-SQL Tuesday #202 Invitation: That One SQL Server Outage You’ll Never Forget
I am excited to host T-SQL Tuesday for the first time. I want to...
Forums
Practical Ways to Approach SQL Server Problems and Case Studies
Working with SQL Server can involve more than just writing queries. Understanding database design,...
Measuring Productivity
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Importing Excel files into SQL Server using DuckDB and Python
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Importing Excel files into SQL...
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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