Tally Table - Character Date Validation
Tally (or numbers) tables are one of my favorite query writing tools. Such a simple premise that can be applied...
Tool to help you analyze SQLDIAG and PSSDIAG output
SQLDIAG or PSSDIAG are excellent tools used to collect and analyze data in order to identify possible performance root causes. The issue is that the output produced by such utilities is sometimes convoluted, hard to read and hard to understand. In this tip, I will show you a tool that you can use to read and analyze the data collected by these tools.
How can we standardize SQL Server Data Deployments?
Some change requests, such as deploying a new stored procedure or trigger, are relatively easy to manage whereas others, such as data deployments, tend to thwart all attempts at standardization. And yet, there must be a way, and Rodney Landrum believes that DBA-developer co-operation lies at the heart of it.
Using SQL Server 2008 PBM to Monitor Free Space
Keeping track of the space used and free in your database files is something that all experienced DBAs need to do. And something many new DBAs forget. New author Jayakumar Krishnan brings us an easy technique to do this in SQL Server 2008 with Policy Based Management.
Cube Storage: Planning Partitions from a SQL Server Management Studio Perspective
BI Architect Bill Pearson continues his discussion of Partition planning for Analysis Services, this time focusing on the settings and properties involved from a SQL Server Management Studio perspective.
Perform a Striped Backup
The size of databases have been growing in such a way, it sometimes is hard to have a single drive / tape to...
Job Status Report with Error Detail
Provides Stored Procedures and SSRS Report to show job status with details of errors.
Keep Your Purpose in Mind
A well run company will help you keep your purpose at work in mind. However many companies don't do a good job here and Steve Jones laments the lack of leadership in many companies.
Fundamentals of Storage Systems – RAID, An Introduction
In previous articles, we have covered the system bus, host bus adapters, and disk drives. Now we will move up...
Keep Your Purpose in Mind
A well run company will help you keep your purpose at work in mind. However many companies don't do a good job here and Steve Jones laments the lack of leadership in many companies.
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Stop Using Pandas for Aggregations — Try DuckDB Instead
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Understanding Fabric Ontology
By James Serra
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QUOTENAME Basics: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
Recently I ran across some code that used a lot of QUOTENAME() calls. A...
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Stairway to Reliable Database Deployment Level 3 – Rehearsing Changesets Across Environments
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QUOTENAME Quote Parameters
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QUOTENAME Quote Parameters
When I use QUOTENAME(), I can optionally provide the character used to surround the string in the result. Can I use any character?
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