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  • RE: The Forever Technology War

    Now that we have SQL Server running on Windows Core and Linux, some of you old-school DBAs will have to get acquainted with command line tools. 🙂

  • RE: Losing Rows

    You have to choose to right tool for the job. Counting vehicles as they pass under a bridge on an eight lane interstate highway is very different than counting financial...

  • RE: Analysis Services Lives On

    Did they mention anything about SSIS being ported to Azure PaaS ?

  • RE: Clownpocalypse and DR

    Gary Varga (10/31/2016)


    Eric M Russell (10/31/2016)


    Forget about Zombies and Killer Clowns, it's far more likely your database server will be subjected to attacks from IoT enabled refrigerators and toilets.

    I could...

  • RE: Emotions and Decision Making

    In most shops, trying to argue with application developers on the issue of proper database modeling and SQL coding is a lost cause. You'll just end up earning a reputation...

  • RE: Analysis Services Lives On

    OLAP tools like SSAS are excellent for specific types of data access patterns and are an order of magnitude better at solving these problems than relational and no-sql database platforms....

  • RE: Clownpocalypse and DR

    Forget about Zombies and Killer Clowns, it's far more likely your database server will be subjected to attacks from IoT enabled refrigerators and toilets.

  • RE: Coming Attacks

    Eric M Russell (10/4/2016)


    Gary Varga (10/4/2016)


    So now everyone and their grandma is going to ask us to secure their IoT lightbulb because it is going to be "their" responsibility. Legally,...

  • RE: Code first vs rightsizing nvarchar(n)/nvarcar(max)

    ... he tells me well, that his database via Entity Framework by default just creates all strings as nvarchar(max).

    You plenty of reasons to be concerned at this point with this...

  • RE: Speeding Up Delete's on Large Databases

    Suth (10/28/2016)


    indicies ? do you mean indexes ?

    It seems to me that the columns [odid] needs to be indexed; otherwise it's going to do a table scan for each batch....

  • RE: Procedure Cache and Buffer cache

    The buffer cache contains data and index pages. For example, logical reads are from buffer cache while physical reads are from disk.

    The procedure cache contains query execution plans.

  • RE: DTA - want to delete dta indexes

    All indexes suggested by DTA are useful within the context of sample query that was supplied to DTA. The problem is that often times these index suggestions are for niche...

  • RE: Tasks which only a sysadmin can perform

    S_Kumar_S (10/27/2016)


    Thanks for reply Eric but I actually wanted to know what are the tasks which can be performed by sysadmin only

    like only a sysadmin can create a linked server....

  • RE: Clownpocalypse and DR

    Zomies?! Orcs?! Haven't you guys got better things to do with your time than sit in the server room playing Dungeons & Dragons?

  • RE: Tasks which only a sysadmin can perform

    By default, a user is in the PUBLIC role and cannot do anything. You then should grant them permissions piecemeal. There are probably 1,000 things a member of SYSADMIN can...

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