Upcoming SQL Saturday Precons
I’m happy to announce that I’ll be delivering three, one-day preconference seminars this summer prior to three different SQL Saturday...
2013-06-07
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My TechEd Presentation: Indexing Fundamentals for Microsoft SQL Server
This past Monday, I presented at TechEd North America for the first time. The session presented was Indexing Fundamentals for...
2013-06-06
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Speaking in Denver and Boulder in June
I will be speaking at the Boulder SQL Server User’s Group on June 18, 2013 and at the Denver SQL...
2013-06-06
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IT recruiter’s response
I asked a recruiter to check out my blogs about consulting, and his response is below. He had some good...
2013-06-06
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Building a SharePoint 2013 BI Demo Environment Part 6 – Installing PowerPivot for SharePoint
Before we can configure SharePoint, we will have to install the Analysis Service instance that will host the PowerPivot workbooks...
2013-06-06
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Why Anti-Virus Offers Limited Protection
Sitting in the first Keynote for the 2013 Techno Security and Forensics Investigation Conference, I was not surprised to hear Kevin...
2013-06-06
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SSAS Cube Backup strategies and Step by Step approach to setup and configure backup
There are different ways to take Cube database backups.
SQL Agent JobXMLA script for backupROBOT jobASCMD commandSSIS PackageSSIS packageAMO (Analysis Management...
2013-06-11 (first published: 2013-06-05)
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How to Avoid a Database “Heart Attack”
For the past couple of months I have been working with Ben Weiss a Digital Marketing Strategist at Infusive Solutions (http://www.infusivesolutions.com/)....
2013-06-05
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SQL Query Result Order
Every time an SQL query is run without the ORDER BY clause, the sort order of the results returned is...
2013-06-05
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An interview with Alex Whittles Chairman of SQLRelay 2013
Some of you may recall in January I ran a series of interviews entitled “New Year Aspirations”. This interview was...
2013-06-05
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Blogs
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Forums
Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
Hi everyone, I'm hoping some of the longtime SQL Server professionals here might be...
Checking the Error Log II
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Parameter Sniffing on SQL Server 2025: A Walkthrough with Real Numbers
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Checking the Error Log II
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