SQL Server : Index Part 3 :Explaining the Clustered Table Structure
In SQL server, there are two types of table based on the storage.A table with clustered index is called Clustered...
2013-03-12
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Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) Version 2
Version 2 of Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) is apparently due this month (and can be ordered as of March 1st). The official...
2013-03-12
2,717 reads
SQL RAP
Technorati Tags: SQL Nexus,SQLDiag,PSSDiag,PAL,SQL RAP,SQL Server 2012,SQL Server 2005,SQL Performance
About one year ago I had a Microsoft Premier Field Engineer...
2013-03-12
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SSIS 2012 Deadlock When Running SSIS from SQL Agent Job
I recently had an interesting situation where an SSIS package was scheduled to run at 1 AM but failed with...
2013-03-18 (first published: 2013-03-12)
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Building My Next Workstation–Part 6 (The End)
Let’s start with a quick review of the pieces and what I paid:
ItemCostAntec P280 Case$90 (may be higher now)ASUS P8Z77-V...
2013-03-12
668 reads
Do You Know sys.dm_exec_text_query_plan?
One of the most fundamental DMF’s a SQL Server DBA should know is sys.dm_exec_query_plan.
This Dynamic Management Function allows us to see...
2013-03-19 (first published: 2013-03-12)
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T-SQL Tuesday #40 - Proportional Fill within a Filegroup
T-SQL Tuesday #40 is underway, and this month's host is Jennifer McCown (blog|twitter). The topic is about File and Filegroup...
2013-03-15 (first published: 2013-03-12)
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Three cheers for SQL 2012 Analysis Services
I had some sales reports that were running poorly on SQL 2005 Analysis Services. The information on the reports was...
2013-03-12
687 reads
SQL Saturday 194
On the weekend of the 9th March 2013, the second SQL Saturday in the UK occurred. A massive thank you...
2013-03-12
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Day 30 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery (T-SQL Tuesday #40): Using Partial Availability and Initialize from Backup to Replicate a Partial Database
It’s been a tough and long road to 31 Days of Disaster Recovery. It’s been very difficult coming up with...
2013-03-12
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Blogs
The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection
By Zikato
I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
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Transaction Log Truncation
In SQL Server 2025, where can I find information about items that prevent or delay the transaction log truncation?
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