Learn about the Business Intelligence systems of SQL Server with a series of free videos in Arabic.

Sponsoring SQLSaturday!

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SQLServerCentral.com

SQLSaturday

SQLServerCentral and Red Gate software are pleased to announce our sponsorship of SQLSaturday! events.

Finding the Worst Performing T-SQL Statements on an Instance

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Database Journal

Greg Larsen introduces some Dynamic Management Views (DMVs) and Dynamic Management Functions (DMFs) to help monitor your application's T-SQL performance. In addition, he provides a Stored Procedure that utilizes the DMVs and DMFs to produce a report that quickly identifies poorly performing T-SQL statements.

Processing XML files with SQL Server functions

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SearchSQLServer

Loading and processing XML files into SQL Server tables can be simple, thanks to a method that uses SQL Server functions and XPath expressions.

Red Gate Software Supports SQLSaturday!

by Andy Warren

SQLServerCentral.com

Blogs

If you've read my blog over the past year and a half you know that I've been heavily involved in trying to build a 'franchise' around SQLSaturday, with the guiding principle being that the event has to be locally owned. We've had some decent success, but we've also seen that in many cases groups are reluctant to try hosting one, usually due to one of the following:

SQL Saturday

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral.com

Blogs

sql_saturday_logo I’ve been pretty lucky in my career to have the opportunity to attend quite a few conferences. I’ve attended one, and often more than one, a year, and I’ve had great opportunities to not only learn more about SQL Server and technology, but also to network and meet professionals from all over the world, many of whom have become good friends.