SQLskills Immersion Event on Internals and Performance – Day 3
Overview
Today was mostly about Table Design, Partitioning, with a little of Indexing. Partitioning is a big, complex topics with a...
2011-02-24
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How Can I Help You Go To SQLRally?
I bet by now you've heard of SQLRally, be it from the blogosphere, Twitter, the PASS Connector bi-weekly emails, word...
2011-02-23
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Emailing tempdb Query Results to Paul Randal with PowerShell
I was referred to someone on twitter today who wants to email query results without setting up database mail. I explained this in Post 6 of PowerShell Week at...
2011-02-23
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Emailing tempdb Query Results to Paul Randal with PowerShell
I was referred to someone on twitter today who wants to email query results without setting up database mail. I...
2011-02-23
1,962 reads
Fundamentals of Storage Systems, IO Latency and SQL Server
A Thousand Men Marching Still Only March As Fast As One Man.
la·ten·cy - Computers . the time required to locate the first bit or character in a storage location, expressed as access timeminus word time.
Often when talking to people...
2011-02-23
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You Can’t Disable the CLR in SQL Server – MCM Prep
At least not completely. There are some functions in SQL Server that are built on the SQL CLR, and even...
2011-02-23
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Who’s My Agent?
Alright, I’m not famous, even though I share the name of a famous Jazz pianist. So, obviously I am NOT...
2011-02-23
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FileSystemHelper Update and Release
About a year ago, I started playing around with CLR and my desire to disable xp_cmdshell for my clients. As...
2011-02-23
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New SQL Server 2005 Cumulative Updates
Microsoft has released two new Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2005. The first one is SQL Server 2005 SP3 CU14,...
2011-02-23
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PASS Election Review Committee: NomCom Process
Over on the ERC forums, Bill Graziano (blog | twitter) has posted the proposed NomCom selection process. We would really like...
2011-02-23
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Blogs
Experimenting with CHOOSE: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I was looking over the CHOOSE() function while editing an article at SQL Server...
Fighting Procrastination?
By Brian Kelley
Here is another short video (~ 15 minutes). This is by the author of...
A Fun Prize at the PASS Data Community Summit
By Steve Jones
I had a briefing for the 2026 PASS Data Community Summit, which is just...
Forums
Perfermance result aftet purge operatio
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10 Reasons the 2CT Engagement Ring Is the Most Popular Proposal Choice Right Now
Walk into any jewelry consultation these days and you’ll hear a familiar request: “Something...
SQL Server 2025 Server-level Roles
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Question of the Day
SQL Server 2025 Server-level Roles
In SQL Server 2022+, what does the ##MS_DatabaseConnector## role allow?
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