AdvanceTimePolicy and Point Event Streams In StreamInsight.
There are a number of ways to issues CTIs (Current Time Increments) into your StreamInsight streams but a quite useful way is to do it declaratively on your source factory like this
An Informal Look at Database Performance
A review on the basic steps to correct a poorly performing query
The DIS-Information Principle: A Splitting Headache
You can easily re-factor bad DML code, but if a database design is wrong, you can do little to rescue the problem, even with expert queries. So what constitutes 'wrong RDBMS design? What are these errors that continually crop up? How can you recognise them and fix them? Joe embarks on a new series of articles by identifying a series of bad practices based on the habit of 'splitting' that which shouldn't be split.
Early September Free Training from PASS VCs
Hope you got plenty of rest over your Labor Day holiday because the PASS Virtual Chapters have some great free training lined up for you.
Inside the Optimizer: Constructing a Plan - Part 1
Part one of a four-part series exploring the internals of query optimization from T-SQL guru, Paul White.
Talking To You Makes Me Smarter
There's a lot of value in the interactions that professionals have with each other. A guest editorial from Andy Warren talks about the benefits of meeting new people.
Extended Protection available in SQL Server 2008 R2
We use Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) within the trusted domains, but use the Negotiate Security Support Provider for our web applications. What other security methods can we employ with SQL Server?
4-4-5 Calendar Functions, Part 1
New author Cliff Corder has a SQL Server function to report on a 4-4-5 Calendar Accounting Year.
Labor Day 2010
It's Labor Day in the US, and a day off for Steve, so enjoy this set of bloopers from his podcast.
Please don’t Tweet this, but…
Brad worries that with the advent and growth of social media, has come an increasing concern that today's private conversation may turn into tomorrow's world-wide Tweet.
Blogs
JSON_OBJECTAGG is an Aggregate: #SQLNewBlogger
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Cultural Change: Fostering a Cost-Aware Culture in Your Organisation
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Beyond VARBINARY: How to Store PDFs in SQL Server Using FILESTREAM and FileTable
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Creating a JSON Document I
I want to create a JSON document that contains data from this table:
TeamID TeamName City YearEstablished 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933If I run this code, what is returned?
SELECT json_objectagg('Team' : TeamName)
FROM dbo.NFLTeams;
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