Search for a Value Throughout Your Database
Learn how to search for a value throughout all database tables.
The Gambler
If you are the type of person that doesn't run DBCC checks, Steve Jones thinks you're a gambler. And you might think about attending SQL Intersection next month in Vegas.
An Incremental Database Development and Deployment Framework
Often, an existing database application must evolve rapidly by incremental steps. Alex describes a tried and tested system to provide an automated approach to deploying both new and existing database systems, whilst dealing with common security and configuration issues.
An Orders of Magnitude Problem (T-SQL Tuning)
When a query suddenly starts taking much longer, what do you do? This story from Jerry
Resetting DMVs
Steve Jones asks the question why so much data in SQL Server is cleared when we restart an instance.
Getting Started with Extended Events in SQL Server 2012
Extended Events provide a way of unintrusively monitoring what's going on in a SQL Server instance. Unlike SQL Server Profiler and SQL Trace, it has little performance impact. Now, in SQL Server 2012 SSMS, it is relatively easy to use, as Robert Sheldon shows.
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Data Mining Introduction Part 3: The Cluster Algorithm
This is the part 3 of the Data Mining Series from Daniel Calbimonte. This article examines the cluster algorithm.
Data Mining Introduction Part 3: The Cluster Algorithm
This is the part 3 of the Data Mining Series from Daniel Calbimonte. This article examines the cluster algorithm.
Self Describing Databases
Today Steve Jones gives his vision of the database in the future. He hopes that databases contain more information about not only their objects, but their needs, like backups and maintenance.
Blogs
Database AI Agents: The Read-Only Rule
By Arun Sirpal
Fourth in a series on Ai and databases. What Read-Only Advisory Actually Means A...
Creating a SQL Stored Procedure to Load a SCD2
By DataOnWheels
This is a blog that I am writing for future me and hopefully it’ll...
Funny Money: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
Forums
Pro SQL Server Internals
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SQL ART: Who's Blocking Who? Visualising SQL Server Blocking With Spatial Geometry
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Running SQLCMD II
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Question of the Day
Running SQLCMD II
I run this command to start SQLCMD:
sqlcmd -S localhost -E -c "proceed"At the prompt, I type this (the 1> and 2> are prompts):
1> select @@version 2> goWhat happens? See possible answers