2014 NomCom Slate is Amazing
Serving on the Nomination Committee (NomCom) is such an honor. One that I was lucky enough to experience two years...
2014-06-02
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How to easily automate SQL Code Guard.
It may happenthatyou have a needto check thescripts thatyou have on yourdisk. For example, it may be part of yourbuildprocess.So how...
2014-06-02
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A quicker way to know when DBCC CHECKDB last ran in your database.
Problem : Surely you have scheduled jobs to run DBCC CHECKDB across your SQL Servers to check database integrity. But sometimes...
2014-06-01
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Building The SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 16
As you can see my third attempt on Fiverr didn’t work out great. I asked for something bold/high contrast and...
2014-05-31
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Deferred-drop tipping point
I was intrigued by the deferred-drop feature that has been inside SQL since SQL Server 2000 SP3 after watching one...
2014-05-31
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MDX #41–Remove employees with less than $100,000 sales
Table of contents
Need to remove employees who have zero sales amountCreate a calculated measure with the IIF() function The NON...
2014-05-30
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SQL #54–Casting numbers with white spaces as Integer will fail
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IsNumeric() funciton is too forgivenUse Pattern Matching with LIKE keywordLIKE keyword in T-SQL doesn’t support regular expressionReplace white...
2014-05-30
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Implementing Checkpoints – To restart SQL Server Integration Services packages from the point of failure
An SQL Server Integration Services package often includes tasks that can take a long time to run. If the package...
2014-05-30
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SQL Server 2005/2008/2008R2: HTTP endpoints
You can use an HTTP endpoint to allow access to data over HTTP and Secure Sockets Layer (HTTPS) without needing...
2014-05-30
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Types of Join in SQL Server
You use a join to combine data from different tables into a single result set. Joins most commonly use foreign...
2014-05-30
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dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
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How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
The flight recorder: Replaying what an AI agent did on my SQL Server
By Arun Sirpal
“What exactly did it do on my server?” is the first question a DBA...
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Checking the Error Log III
If I want to run sp_readerrorlog on SQL Server 2025, what permissions do I need?
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