Friday Followup For December 13, 2013
It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re...
2013-12-13
467 reads
Keeping Up With Training: Day 5
Let's keep this talk going about what you can do. We know I'm rather big on user groups and SQL...
2013-12-13
450 reads
Throwback Thursday #3: SQL Server & Disks
I hope everyone is having a good time gearing up for the holidays. Throwback Thursday is a bi-weekly blog series where...
2013-12-12
707 reads
It's Dangerous to ISNUMERIC, Take This Try_Convert
There's an issue with some characters in T-SQL when validating numeric values out of raw varchar fields, and it can...
2013-12-17 (first published: 2013-12-12)
5,766 reads
Power BI for Office 365 FAQ
As I have been giving demos on Power BI for Office 365, I have received a tremendous amount of positive feedback,...
2013-12-12
1,802 reads
What a DBA wants for Christmas
In the first few years of ITBookworm.com, we made sure to make up holiday lists of the most awesome gadgets...
2013-12-12
671 reads
SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services Blueprints – Review
Recently Packt Publishing released the book SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services Blueprints authored by Marlon Ribunal (blog|twitter) and Mickey Stuewe...
2013-12-12
779 reads
SQL Saturdays: Day 4
Well, we talked about user groups... Let's talk about their big brother; SQL Saturdays. @SQLCenturion runs them here in OKC. They...
2013-12-12
476 reads
A Full Backup Includes Everything (with a caveat)
Full database backups in SQL Server include all of the data, objects, tables, rows, functions, stored procedures, etc. If something...
2013-12-11
835 reads
SQL Server 2014 Backup to URL
I’m absolutely in love with the concept of being able to create a backup directly to a protected, off-site location....
2013-12-11
1,723 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
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)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
Forums
Risk Vs Reward, The never ending ROI discussion.
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Hyperscale Replicas IV
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The SQL Server Date Magic: When CAST and CONVERT Keep Your Index Seek
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Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas IV
In Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many geo-replicas can be created?
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