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Found a couple good walkthroughs on enabling instant file initialization. However, I'm becoming more familar with the nuances of various...

What is User Defined function in SQL Server?

User-defined functions encapsulate T-SQL statement and return a table or a scalar value to the caller. UDFs can not be...

SQL Server 2016 – the Security & Performance Release / ein Sicherheits- und Performance-Release

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Hi friends, in this blog we will learn how to get information about database mail account using stored procedure sysmail_hep_account_sp....

Finding gaps or missing dates in a date range using TSQL

Here’s a quick how-to on returning temporal data set that includes missing dates. Suppose you are tasked to query an...

Query Progress Tracking in SQL Server for the DBA VC

This past Wednesday, I delivered my session, “Query Progress Tracking in SQL Server” to the DBA Virtual Chapter.
The session covers...

005 – Antiques Roadshow - WaterOx Consulting

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hey its time for 2016!!!

Hi all Yeah its true microsoft announced SQL server 2016 and CP2 has been released to public also we can...

Detach and Attach All User Databases

Sometimes you are in a scenario where you need to transfer a large number of databases from one server to...