Open_transaction_count in sys.dm_exec_sessions
This news may be a few months old, but it is worth noting that there is now a column called...
2011-12-16
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Factless fact table
A factless fact table is a fact table that does not have any measures. It is essentially an intersection of...
2011-12-16
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Re-blog – December 9 – December 15
Welcome to the Friday Re-Blog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer readers may...
2011-12-16
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Why Am I Amazed By a 2000 Page Word Doc?
It’s not uncommon to have information shared in a Word doc, but I was surprised recently to open one up...
2011-12-16
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The ‘Microsoft.Ace.OLEDB.12.0' Provider Is Not Registered on the Local Machine
If you have used SSIS to move data from something like Access or more commonly Excel, it is a good...
2011-12-16
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Counting Merge Replication Article Changes
One of the cool things about Merge Replication is that it has the capability of revealing very interesting information regarding...
2011-12-16
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Why did I start blogging?
This post is in response to #meme15 started by Jason Strate (b|t). Two questions were asked in the first assignment....
2011-12-16
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PASS Summit 2011 Session Evaluations
Session evaluations from the 2011 PASS Summit have been entered, calculated, and officially released to speakers. While I didn't make...
2011-12-15
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Why Do I Blog? #meme15
As I mentioned in a post last week, a new meme has been born. This one is dedicated to discussing...
2011-12-19 (first published: 2011-12-15)
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Why I Blog – #Meme15
A fellow blogger and SQL guy, Jason Strate (@stratesql) started a meme on Social Networking as a result of a...
2011-12-15
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Take Time to Gain Perspective
By Brian Kelley
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
The Fringe Festival
By Steve Jones
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
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