PASS 2012 Countdown – 5 Weeks To Go
We are now 5-weeks from this years PASS Summit. It’s time to start getting ready for the event. Hopefully, you...
2012-10-02
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One Great Day And Mixed Feelings
If it happens two times then you know the first time wasn’t a fluke.
Today was my anniversary date for the SQL Server...
2012-10-02
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Studying and Learning Business Intelligence
I have been doing interviews for Pragmatic works for the past few years and I have come across quite a...
2012-10-02
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SQL Server Virtualisation and Consolidation
SQL Server Virtualisation and Consolidation: Hands-On
Come and join me in London this December for a three day course covering the...
2012-10-02
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Backing up the “log” of a database which is in Simple recovery model ! – Watch out for this!
In theory we cannot backup the log of a database which is in Simple recovery model, however there is a...
2012-10-01
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DML Triggers to track SQL Server Agent Jobs creation, deletion and modification events
SQL Server Agent jobs are crucial to any SQL Server environment, as they are used for scheduling and performing critical...
2012-10-01
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Database Maintenance Essentials – Resources
I told people in New York at SQL in the City that I’d post some resources on the blog from...
2012-10-01
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Virtualizing Your Business Critical SQL Servers – Free Boot Camp by House of Brick
Just before PASS Summit in November, House of Brick and I will be holding a free boot camp on Virtualizing...
2012-10-01
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SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries (October 2012)
Here is the October 2012 version of my SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries, with some minor tweaks and improvements...
2012-10-01
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October 2012 – Monthly SQL Server Checklist
October already. The PASS Summit is coming soon and we’re entering the time of the year that many of us...
2012-10-01
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Blogs
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...
When Your Microsoft Fabric Capacity Runs Out: Optimize, Scale Up, Scale Out, or Isolate?
By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
Forums
Logic question in a WHERE clause using IIF?
Thanks in advance, I'm trying to avoid using IIF for performance reasons, but the...
Execute as failure
Security has long been a problem for me. Every time I think I understand...
BIT_COUNT() V
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BIT_COUNT() V
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