Meme Monday - What I Want for Christmas from Microsoft
This Christmas if I could get one thing from Microsoft it would be recognition that DBA's are not developers. This...
2011-12-05
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Enable XA transactions for SQL Server
An XA transaction is a global transaction usually covering multiple resources.
Use the Microsoft SQL Server JDBC Driver to support the ...
2011-12-05
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What Every DBA Should Get For Christmas
What is a brilliant gift at Christmas for a DBA? I mean apart from having the day off…..
For those new...
2011-12-05
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Upgrading Denali CTP3 to SQL Server 2012 RC0
When I started looking into the upgrade path for this, I saw a couple of notes online about the fact...
2011-12-05
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What’s your build number?
Without looking, name your most important server. Or if you have a bunch, name the top 2 or 3.
Now tell...
2011-12-04
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Scaling SQL Server – SQL Saturday #104 Precon
I will be presenting a day long preconference session on Scaling SQL Server for SQLSaturday #104 on Friday, January 6,...
2011-12-04
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Getting data and log size of all databases
Hi guys.
The procedure bellow get the data and log size of all databases in current instance.
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.uspDatabaseSize
AS
declare...
2011-12-03
1,942 reads
Installing SQL Server 2012 Release Candidate 0
In my last post, I indicated that my plan was to post by Dec. 3 on the topic of data...
2011-12-03
2,225 reads
MythBusting–“Table variables have no statistics”
Ok, as myths go, its a pretty weak one. In fact, it is true, this whitepaper explicitly states that. But...
2011-12-02
3,077 reads
Autogrow guidelines
I always enable autogrow on my databases. However, it’s there for emergencies, not as a space management tool. I monitor...
2011-12-02
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Blogs
Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG
The STIG is detailed, which is a good thing, but I found myself wanting...
Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
By Steve Jones
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
To refer and to be referred
Referrals have never been more important in the job market. They’re no longer nice...
Forums
Querying Multiple Tables for the Same Information
I have about 100 Tables that are all suffixed with _Modify. These tables record...
Make It Routine
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Finding Gaps in Sequential Data Using SQL Server
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Question of the Day
Negative and Positive Numbers
If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?
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