When Is Work, Work?
Where is the dividing line between work time and personal time? As more and more employees get new phones, such as the Blackberry and iPhone, is the line becoming too blurred? Are there legal implications?
SQL Server Reporting Services ReportItems Collection
What is SQL Server Reporting Services 2012 (SSRS) ReportItems collection and how do I use it? Are there any restrictions on its use? Check out this tip to learn more.
The Switch Workshop, by Red Gate and Re-Wired Group
Customers don’t just buy a product — they switch from something else. And customers don’t just leave a product — they switch to something else. It’s in these switching moments that the deepest customer insights can be found. On the 25th of July, a select group of 32 people will attend a unique, hands-on, full-day workshop at Red Gate to learn about “The Switch”.
A Release from Data
What do you do when work is too frustrating. Steve Jones talks about finding a way to release stress and frustration.
Understanding T-SQL Expression Short-Circuiting
Understanding the basics of how T-SQL logic works in branching is important to ensure you code works as expected. This article will help you learn how this impacts control of flow language.
Maximizing Throughput with TVPs
TVPs offer several performance optimization possibilities that other bulk operations do not allow, and these operations may allow for TVP performance to exceed other bulk operations by an order of magnitude, especially for a pattern where subsets of the data are frequently updated.
SQL Saturday #226 - South Florida
SQLSaturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. This event will be held Jun 29 2013 in Davie, FL. Admittance to this event is free, all costs are covered by donations and sponsorships. Please register soon as seating is limited, and let friends and colleages know about the event.
Lost in Space
It seems a tremendous amount of data is lost every year on laptops in airports. Steve Jones talks about some of the issues with physical security and your portable computers.
Avoiding Parameter Sniffing in SQL Server
Parameter sniffing is when SQL Server compiles a stored procedure’s execution plan with the first parameter that has been used and then uses this plan for subsequent executions regardless of the parameters.
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Question of the Day
Detecting Deadlocks Quickly
In the Database Engine, when a deadlock is detected, what does the detection interval shrink to (in time)?
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