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Simplified Order Of Operations
I recently learned that when combining multiple operators in a SQL expression, AND has a higher precedence than OR but & has the same precedence as |. I expected the precedence rules for the...
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Want to be able to read your database between restores?
When restoring a database there are times when it would nice to restore a bit, check what’s been restored so far, restore a bit more etc. However, traditionally most people only know RECOVERY and...
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The new SQL Server Management Studio
Ok, so this is old news I know, but I’ve had a busy couple of months and am only getting around to writing this now. SSMS is now a separate release from SQL itself. The latest release is here.Monthly...
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Multi-tenant databases in the cloud
For companies that sell an on-prem software solution and are looking to move that solution to the cloud, a challenge arises on how to architect that solution in the cloud. For example, say you have a...
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Remove-SQLDatabaseSafely My First Contribution to DBATools
What is DBA Tools?A collection of modules for SQL Server DBAs. It initially started out as ‘sqlmigration’, but has now grown into a collection of various commands that help automate DBA tasks and...
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SQL Server: Consolidation Tactics and Best Practices
My very first course has been published on Pluralsight – SQL Server: Consolidation Tactics and Best Practices. In this course I spend just over two hours sharing my experiences and knowledge of...
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Another Query to Help Find the Right Event
Finding the right event or combination of events to monitor may seem like quite a daunting task with so many events to explore and (frequently) too little familiarity with Extended Events. In this...
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Viewing Statistics in SSMS
I’m in the process of creating a post about statistics and came across something in SQL Server Management Studio that was driving me crazy. I thought I’d post it here so that others might not waste an...
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SQL SERVER – Install Error – Could not Find the Database Engine Startup Handle
Note: There are multiple reason of above error and this blog shows just one of them. I am sure that this blog would give you guideline about what do to in case you see this error about install...
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Free DBA Tools for SQL Server Professionals – Notes from the Field #133
[Note from Pinal]: This is a 133rd episode of Notes from the Field series. I know Mike for many years and Mike has always inspired me with his positive energy. I have always enjoyed spending time with...
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SQL SERVER – Network Servers List is Empty in SQL Server Management Studio
I have in numerous places told that the first tool that I often open when the computer boots up will be SQL Server Management Studio. I get intrigued whenever someone comes up with an error relating to...
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How to Find Outdated Statistics? – Interview Question of the Week #081
Recently in one of the webcast, while I was presenting about statistics and performance tuning, I was asked by one of the attendees that if there is anyway to find out all the outdated statistics based...
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Happy Birthday Power BI! London PUG News #PowerBI
To the Power BI Team – Happy Birthday and congratulations on all of your achievements! You’ve spawned a fantastic product plus a wonderful ecosystem of creative partners, happy consultants, MVPs and...
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Happy First Birthday Power BI!
To mark the first anniversary of Power BI reaching RTM, Paul Turley and Adam Saxton have organised a celebration in the form of coordinated blog posts from the community and a video to say thank you to...
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SQL SERVER Installation – FeatureUpgradeMatrixCheck (SQL Server 2016 Feature...
One of the best ways to learn problems faced by individuals and organizations is to look at the forums for these issues. Often I have visited MSDN forums and see if there are some hot or interesting...
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#0378 – SQL Server – Performance – CASE evaluates all the input result...
Microsoft SQL Server will evaluate all the input result expressions of a CASE expression - causing performance issues when sub-queries access large tables.
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Learn About SQL Server Master Data Services 2016
SQL Server 2016 comes up with the new release of Master Data Services (MDS). In it, some new features have been added to improve its performance. It helps the database administrators to manage the...
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How to Study for the 70-461 Exam
Preparing for the 70-461 ExamIn order to be successful studying for the 70-461 exam, you’ll need a good strategy and plan. Before we get into how to study for the 70-461, I want to tell you a quick...
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Blogger Questions: What should I blog about?
Over the last four years I’ve blogged almost 400 times. It’s become a refuge, a resource, a source of pride, and a pleasure. I started out trying to build an on-line resume (just in case) and over time...
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SQL SERVER – System Stored Procedures I Use to Get Started
Call me an old school or whatever – there are certain things I believe in strongly. I have a working style and these in my opinion have evolved over the years. I keep innovating myself as I learn on my...
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