SQL PASS Virtualization VC Presentation Wednesday September 11 at 11AM MST
Next Wednesday I will be delivering a session for the SQL PASS Virtualization virtual chapter entitled “SQL Server High Availability...
2013-09-06
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Converting SQL_VARIANT on PDW
There are a number of data types that are currently unsupported on PDW. Among those are SQL_VARIANT. The interesting part...
2013-09-06
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Cumulative Updates - SQL Server 2012 RTM CU9
A 9th Cumulative Update is available for those users still on the RTM branch of SQL Server 2012. This is in keeping with Microsoft’s Incremental Service Modelling.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2867319You may have...
2013-09-06
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Not so good news for MCM Aspirants
Few days back, late Friday (30th August 2013) MS has made an announcement – that they are cancelling the MCM Certification,...
2013-09-05
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SQLSaturday Salt Lake City #246
Fast approaching (yeah just a couple of days out now), is SQLSaturday 246. This year t he event is sort of in Salt Lake City, being another 10-15 minutes...
2013-09-05
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SQLSaturday Salt Lake City #246
Fast approaching (yeah just a couple of days out now), is SQLSaturday 246. This year t
he event is sort of...
2013-09-05
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Vendor Management Systems
A vendor management system (VMS) is a web-based application that acts as a mechanism for businesses to manage and procure...
2013-09-05
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sp_executesql, Parameters and Parameter Sniffing
I’m honestly not crazy about dynamic T-SQL within stored procedures. There are just a few too many opportunities to mess...
2013-09-05
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Log Backup Failing–A Simple Mistake
Last week I was checking on some stuff and noticed that a couple databases were in simple mode – unusual, but...
2013-09-05
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Free Tools For The DBA
In this post we will look at 5 free tools that I use on a daily basis, I'll give a...
2013-09-05
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Checking the Error Log II
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Checking the Error Log II
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