Monitoring Blocked Processes with Event Notifications
SQL Server is able to service requests from a large number of concurrent users. When SQL Server is servicing requests...
2013-06-12
1,214 reads
SQL Server Tipping Games – Why Non-Clustered Indexes are just ignored!
Almost everytime when I’m doing SQL Server consulting engagements, DBAs are showing me queries and their Execution Plans, where SQL...
2013-06-12
1,625 reads
Security Questions: SQL Agent Permissions
As I mentioned in the introductory post, during the Introduction to SQL Server Security session for Pragmatic Work’sTraining on the T’s, I...
2013-06-12
628 reads
Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture Presentation
I will be presenting the session “Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture” this Thursday, June 13th at 11:00am EST for Pragmatic Works. Below is...
2013-06-12
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Building a SharePoint 2013 BI Demo Environment Part 10 – Creating a BI site
In the final part of this series, we will create a BI subsite in our site collection. You can use...
2013-06-12
3,079 reads
Best practice recommendations for writing Dynamic SQL
Note this is not “Best Practices when USING Dynamic SQL”. These are just good habits I’ve come up with over...
2013-06-13 (first published: 2013-06-12)
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SQL Server Management Studio Rainbow Edition
Ever wanted to know the reason behind the Database color scheme in SQL Server Management Studio? I have always wondered...
2013-06-12
873 reads
Agile Database Administration
I first heard the word “agile <something>” about 10 years ago, I do not have profound experience to what “agile...
2013-06-12
360 reads
Agile Database Administration
I first heard the word “agile <something>” about 10 years ago, I do not have profound experience to what “agile...
2013-06-12
1,313 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #43 – Hello, Operator?
This month’s TSQL-Tuesday is hosted by Rob Farley (blog | twitter), who became a Microsoft Certified Master for SQL Server 2008 this past December (you know that elitist club that...
2013-06-12
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Blogs
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Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
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Checking the Error Log II
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Checking the Error Log II
What is the reason I should change my old code that uses xp_readerrorlog?
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