Sometimes temp tables can be your best friend
Here is a quick example of when using temporary tables will give you a big performance gain. I recently was...
2011-10-10
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Call for Speakers–South Florida Code Camp 2012
The 2012 South Florida Code Camp is scheduled for February 11, 2012 at Nova University in Ft Lauderdale, and the...
2011-10-10
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PASS Summit Attendees: Remember to Network and Maintain
Previously, when I had attended conferences, I had used them to attend as many seminars or talks as I could...
2011-10-10
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sys.dm_os_loaded_modules
sys.dm_os_loaded_modules is a SQL Server OS Dynamic Management View (DMV).
When executing the t-sql statement below – a recordset is returned . I’ve...
2011-10-10
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The PASS Summit is HERE!
Watching the twitter sphere it is apparent that many of the SQL Nation are in route to Seattle WA today....
2011-10-10
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PASS 2011 Countdown – Starting Now
Seriously, the clock is ticking and you should be in your car or a plane for PASS Summit by now. ...
2011-10-09
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An Informal Compendium of SSAS Errors, Part 4: SSAS Object Design
This is the third in a series of posts on some SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) errors for which there...
2011-10-08
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DBCC checktable
Instead of using DBCC CHECKDB , which checks on consistency and allocation across the whole database, an alternative is DBCC CHECKTABLE...
2011-10-08
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#SQLGive Update - New Dropoff Locations
Since announcing #SQLGive earlier this week I'm happy to report that two additional vendors have agreed to host dropoff boxes...
2011-10-07
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Lyrics for “SQL and I Know It”
I hadn’t planned to post the lyrics for yesterday’s song, but Mark Vaillancourt (Blog | @markvsql) thought that I should. Since he’s...
2011-10-07
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #204 – Are blogs still relevant?
By DesertDBA
Note: This post is the invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #204 on November 3rd, 2026....
A Front Door for the DBA Team – AgentDBA UI
By Arun Sirpal
AgentDBA began as a command line. That suits one DBA on one server, but...
Cleaning Up Azure MS Defender Billing
By Steve Jones
I have a few Azure subscriptions, which are fairly small and not used that...
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