Backup History
This is a quick rewrite of the script I just posted a few days ago. The script had a few...
2012-12-04 (first published: 2012-11-30)
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Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – sysservers
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-11-29
2,450 reads
SQL Server Thumbnail Metrics – OS Memory
I’m gathering a few metrics around the Internet for SQL Server from people that I think really know how to...
2012-12-07 (first published: 2012-11-29)
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Reasons not to upgrade to SQL Server 2012
As exciting as SQL Server 2012 is, with its multitude of new features, it’s not always possible to upgrade right...
2012-11-29
2,850 reads
Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – sysremotelogins
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-11-29
1,858 reads
Interview questions for SQL Server Performance Tuning Specialists
If you are the regular reader of my blog posts, you could easily judge in which topics i spend much time these days.
I have...
2012-11-29
10,162 reads
HDInsight: Trying again
And I thought this would be so easy.
Latest attempt. I just did an uninstall of HDInsight. Then I found all...
2012-11-29
1,935 reads
Tables without a Clustered Index
Yesterday while adding some new logic to an existing process I noticed an unacceptable level of performance degradation with the...
2012-11-29
1,549 reads
Chicago: The Travels of a SQL Server Consultant
As regular readers of my blog will now as part of role as a SQL Server consultant and SQL Server...
2012-11-29
2,131 reads
Plan cache bloat by SQLAgent (Prior to SQL2008) !
Recently I was checking the plan cache utilization with the help of the below query which I normally use for...
2012-12-05 (first published: 2012-11-29)
2,476 reads
Blogs
Lift and shift vs modernizing your data warehouse
By James Serra
If you are migrating a data warehouse, there is a question worth asking before...
Power BI Fun With Travels
By Steve Jones
I’m back from a great vacation. I had the chance to visit two new...
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
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Building a Support Ticket Triage Report with IIF() and CHOOSE() in SQL Server
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Question of the Day
PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Tables
Which of the following psql meta commands (also called backslash or slash commands) will provide information about tables within a database?
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