In this next installment looking at implementing best practices here at SQLServerCentral, Brad McGehee looks at a few performance counters and what they tell us about the performance of our database server.
2011-06-06
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2011-05-30
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An open call to the amatuers that might want to pen some database related cartoons for Simple Talk Publishing.
2011-05-27
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Part 3 of the analysis of the SQLServerCentral database cluster by MVP Brad McGehee. Follow along as he talks about some SQL Server settings and gives reasons why they should or should not be changed.
2011-05-11
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In part 2 of our best practices clinic, Brad McGehee looks at a couple of the items that were misconfigured on the SQLServerCentral database instances.
2011-04-13
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We exposed the SQLServerCentral cluster for monitoring with SQL Monitor. Just like other companies, we have constraints on resources, and we have more work that needs to be done. Help us configure SQLServerCentral’s database servers with your suggestions on what is the highest priority for a website database back end.
2012-12-25 (first published: 2011-03-07)
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SQLServerCentral launches a new series of content today, aimed at helping you bootstrap your knowledge in specific areas of SQL Server.
2011-02-17
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Once again SQLServerCentral is sponsoring a track at SQL Connections in Orlando this March. Read about the event and our speakers and join us for SQL Server training in Florida.
2011-03-15 (first published: 2011-01-19)
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The next webinar from SQLServerCentral will look at backups and how you can create faster, smaller, and verified backups. Join Steve Jones and Rodney Landrum for this presentation on SQL Backup Pro and SQL Virtual Restore
2011-01-27 (first published: 2011-01-18)
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SQLServerCentral has a mobile site to enable you to access the question of the day from your cell phone.
2011-01-05
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I have this data in the dbo.Commission table in a SQL Server 2022 database.
salesperson commission Brian 12 Brian 16 Andy 7 Andy 14 Andy 21 Steve 20 Steve NULLAll the data is a varchar, and I decide to run this query to get the totals for each salesperson.
SELECT SalesPerson
, AVG(TRY_PARSE(Commission AS int)) AS TotalCommission
FROM commission
GROUP BY SalesPerson
GO
What average commission is calculated for Steve? See possible answers