Get Just The Tools: SSMS Download
Ever jump on a machine to connect to a SQL Server and find out… whoops! No tools. For some reason,...
2013-05-15
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SSAS – Find Cube Database Name, Size,Status and Total Size of SSAS Server
We are planning to take SSAS cube database backup since our backup tool does full file system backup in case...
2013-05-15
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Not My Google Reader Replacement
Someone suggested Newsblur to me, and I went to their home page. Like many sites, it asks you to sign...
2013-05-15
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Object Qualification
I came across an interesting issue recently with NHibernate, now it is widely known I despise ORM’s, in my experience...
2013-05-22 (first published: 2013-05-15)
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Email Response: SQL Server 2012 Planning and Architecture
I received an email from a connection on LinkedIn seeking some advice for architecture on a new reporting system. Although...
2013-05-15
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CREATE SCHEMA can do what?!?!?
So I was studying for the 70-451 and ended up reading the BOL entry for CREATE SCHEMA. I honestly can’t...
2013-05-21 (first published: 2013-05-15)
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Job Schedules – SQL Agent
This info should be easier to get than it is. Keep in mind that for something to run the subscription...
2013-05-15
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Roll Logs – Backup Recovery
Rolling log files for a day, especially with 15 or even 5 minute log backups is a pain at best....
2013-05-20 (first published: 2013-05-15)
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Table Sizes
There’s no simple way in SQL Server to see the sizes of all the tables and their indexes. Even seeing...
2013-05-15
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Index Columns and Names
Don’t trust the name of an index to tell you what it is. The name is wrong, or at least...
2013-05-14
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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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