Light Weight Monitoring using Extended Events
Extended events provide DBAs with a new lightweight tool to monitor SQL Server performance.
TSQL Challenge 28 - SELECT TOP N articles from each category from a SQL Server 2000 database
The challenge is to write a query that returns the articles to be displayed in the home page of the website. N number of articles from each category is to be selected where N is configured in the Categories table. Each category should select the most recent N articles. ArticleID can be used to identify the most recent articles. An article with a higher number indicates a more recent article.
Clustered instance will not start after removing builtin admins
After removing the builtin administrators group the clustered services do not start. Perry Whittle walks through the issue and what you can do to correct things.
Company Rewards
Is there something that your company could do for you that would show that they valued your employment? That you were somehow important to them? Answer this Friday's poll.
Microsoft Access: Business Intelligence on a Shoestring
Learn how to deliver dynamic content by building a meaningful Business Intelligence Application, utilizing only what is available on the client's desktop, when a Data Warehouse BI Application, SQL Server and SSIS/SSRS aren't an option.
How to find unused Stored Procedures in SQL Server 2005/2008
Use dynamic PivotTables to identify unused Stored Procedures in a SQL Server 2005/2008 database
Adding Actions to a Cube in SQL Server Analysis Services 2008
Actions are powerful way of extending the value of SSAS cubes for the end user. They can click on a cube or portion of a cube to start an application with the selected item as a parameter, or to retrieve information about the selected item. Actions haven't been well-documented until now; Robert Sheldon once more makes everything clear.
Continuing Education
In IT we don't mandate that people continue their education in their field. But is there something else we can do? Steve Jones talks about other professions and the need for us to continue to learn about technology.
HASHBYTES can help quickly load a Data Warehouse
Data warehouse loads can be time consuming - this method can be used in some instances to help speed things up.
Blogs
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
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Blue Sky Programming – The Optimism Trap
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Setting Up a Mac for Data Engineering and AI Work
If you work with data pipelines, SQL, notebooks, or machine learning models, a Mac...
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SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits I
When running DBCC CHECKDB on SQL Server 2025, can I include the Resource Database?
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