Happy New Year 2010
The first day of 2010 has Steve Jones blooper reel in addition to some well wishes.
2010-01-01
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Articles
Query Optimizer and Cartesian Products
In his continuing quest to bring a deeper understanding of Query Optimizer to the world at large, Fabiano Amorim takes a moment to point out a potential pitfall you may encounter. A light read, but one worth persuing.
2010-01-01
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Pre Check List for 64 BIT SQL Server 2008 Cluster Installation
My tips for cluster installation with Windows 2008 and SQL 2008 on a 64 BIT server which is clustered.
2009-12-31
7,639 reads
A New Beginning
The end of another year has an early Friday poll this week from Steve Jones. What are you looking to do in 2010?
2009-12-31
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A New Beginning
The end of another year has an early Friday poll this week from Steve Jones. What are you looking to do in 2010?
2009-12-31
2,359 reads
A New Beginning
The end of another year has an early Friday poll this week from Steve Jones. What are you looking to do in 2010?
2009-12-31
2,194 reads
Connection strings for SQL Server 2008
A set of different connection strings for using with different providers for SQL Server.
2009-12-31
8,480 reads
Fun With DBCC FREEPROCCACHE
Nearly anytime you see the command DBCC FREEPROCCACHE mentioned in a blog post, magazine article or book, you get some...
2009-12-31
15,057 reads
Using T-SQL to Transform XML Data to a Relational Format
More and more data is being stored or transmitted in an XML format. New author Nasir Mirza brings us an article that examines how to transform a number of XML structures into different relational formats for storage in SQL Server.
2009-12-30
17,807 reads
Running a Small User Group - Getting Quality Speakers
Midlands PASS is a small user group. We average about 15 people coming to meetings, which is good for Columbia,...
2009-12-30
1,349 reads
Blogs
Did You Really Name That Default?
By alevyinroc
Ten years (and a couple jobs) ago, I wrote about naming default constraints to...
Monday Monitor Tips: A New Analysis Page
By Steve Jones
We have multiple teams (8) working on Redgate Monitor. Some work on the Standard...
Case Studies: Real-World Success Stories of FinOps Implementation
By HeyMo0sh
Learning any kind of theory is easy, but adapting FinOps and watching it rescue...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
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Identity Defaults
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Question of the Day
Identity Defaults
What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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