This tip describes memory pressure issues that can arise from the RESOURCE_SEMAPHORE Waittype and how to find which query or transaction is causing the memory pressure.
2013-01-23
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In their third live 'Oracle vs. SQL Server' discussion, Jonathan Lewis (Oracle Ace Director, OakTable Network) and Grant Fritchey (Microsoft SQL Server MVP) will look at statistics in Oracle and SQL Server. Expect a lively debate on Oracle vs. SQL Server from two leading RDBMS experts on Jan 23, 2013.
2013-01-22 (first published: 2013-01-08)
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The third article that examines the output of the sp_Blitz script™ run against SQLServerCentral's database servers.
2013-01-22
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Sometimes, you have to test out alternative indexing strategies, but the task of creating the candidate indexes would just take too long. Is there another way? Well, yes, why not use the same method the DTA (Database Tuning Advisor) uses, and take the tedium out of the job.
2013-01-22
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EAV models have their uses but the costs are often hidden and if not hidden, more than anticipated.
2013-01-21
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Phil Factor on why Data Science is about much more than just clever visualizations and big data.
2013-01-21
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2013-01-21
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Despite NTEXT and TEXT being deprecated in SQL Server for some time they are still both used in production systems. In this article, I will briefly demonstrate the difference between a VARCHAR (MAX), NVARCHAR (MAX) and the NTEXT data types, and the impact on performance from using NTEXT/TEXT.
2013-01-21
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Multi-select parameters give your users control over their reports while reducing the number of reports they have to work with. This example demonstrates how to create a multi-select parameter list and pass the values to a stored procedure that will then populate the report.
2013-01-18
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What is ACID and why should we care? A look at the principal that drives all database and DB management software design: A.C.I.D.
2013-01-17
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By HeyMo0sh
DevOps is about shortening the system development lifecycle. Plan faster, build faster, test faster,...
A short blog post about an issue with Fabric Mirroring (with Azure SQL DB...
By Steve Jones
I wrote an article recently on the JSON_OBJECTAGG function, but neglected to include an...
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When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can generate values before an insert statement is executed?
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