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#0398 – SQL Server – SSIS – Performing a DISTINCT using the SORT transformation
Within the data flow task of a SSIS package, it is generally considered a best practice to avoid using the SORT transformation because it is a blocking transformation. In case you do need to use the...
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Monday Coffee 2017-01-16
I’ve been a scribbler for as long as I can remember, in fact I’m not sure that I write everything down because I have a bad memory or if I have a bad memory because I write everything down.About a year...
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Looking at wait stats differently with SQL 2016
Wait statistics is a great place to start looking into performance issues. Normally people would issue commands/queries based on sys.dm_os_wait_stats and/or sys.dm_os_waiting_tasks. Did you know from...
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SQL SERVER – Unable to Apply Security Patch – The setup has encountered an...
One of my clients reported that he is trying to apply security patch for SQL Server clustered instance and it was failing. Since this is SQL 2005 instance, there is no official support available from...
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6 Ways To Treat Your Data Right
Not everyone understands just how important data is until it is gone. Here are six ways that you can treat your data right.The post 6 Ways To Treat Your Data Right appeared first on Thomas LaRock.If...
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Publish Power BI Reports to SSRS On-premise Preview Now Available
This just in from the Reporting Services product team: “Power BI reports in SQL Server Reporting Services: January 2017 Technical Preview now available” This feature addition will allow Power BI...
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SQL SERVER – AlwaysOn AG (Availability Group) and TDE Error – Please Create a...
Along with performance consulting, sometimes I also get requests from a few clients to look at the AlwaysOn availability group related problems.ENVIORNMENT:Three node AlwaysOn availability group with...
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SQL database built-in intelligence
I sometimes forget that Microsoft watches out for us by proactively looking at the behaviour of our SQL databases in Azure. SQL database has built-in intelligence and with that intelligence it may...
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Microsoft Products vs Hadoop/OSS Products
Microsoft’s end goal is for Azure to become the best cloud platform for customers to run their data workloads. This means Microsoft will provide customers the best environment to run their big...
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SQL SERVER – Understanding JSON Use is Case-Sensitive
The things I get to learn from my daughter is amazing. I think all of us need to constantly explore without any prejudice and set biases. Whenever I get a new toy for some occasion, I see there is at...
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Webinar: Introducing Minion CheckDB!
Minion CheckDB will be available for download on February 1, 2017! In celebration, we’re having a Minion CheckDB webinar on Wednesday, February 1 at 12:00 PM, and, another Minion CheckDB webinar on...
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MVPs and ACEs
I was having a conversation with Oracle professionals the other day and they started to discuss the Oracle ACE program and they asked me (being the one that works with Microsoft technology) what...
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When was Database Last Backed Up in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the...
Question: When was Database Last Backed Up in SQL Server?Answer: I had received this question doing my recent training on SQL Server Performance Tuning. Though this training is about performance...
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Professional SSRS 2016 Book Preview Posts
This post is part of the series: “Professional SSRS 2016 Book Preview Posts” which are excerpts for my Wrox Press book: Professional SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services and Mobile Reports. Each of the...
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SQL SERVER – Script level upgrade for database ‘master’ failed – There is...
SQL Server troubleshooting topics seem to be the most searched for in this blog. In continuation to this, blog for today is also inspired with one such error message. Some time back I have written...
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#0399 – SQL Server – SSIS – Debugging – Exploring the Data Viewer
Because SSIS packages are explored and edited visually, debugging them at runtime needs the use of visual tools within the SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT). One such tool is the Data Viewer which allows...
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Using Extended Events Telemetry Session
You are probably wondering what this is, quite honestly I was wondering too. Well it is an extended events session known as telemetry_xevents that is shipped with SQL Server 2016. This is not the same...
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Monday Coffee 2017-01-23
I like to think of myself as a fairly hardworking, motivated person. However I recently met someone who regularly gets up at 5am, works a 12 hour day and then (somehow) works out in the evening. They...
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SQL Server – When to Use a Sledgehammer and When to use a Screwdriver
Some organizations use SQL Server Always On Availability Groups to help boost performance of applications where the users are geographically dispersed. They accomplish this by placing the secondary...
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5 Characteristics Every Leader Should Practice
The word leadership has many synonyms attributed to it. Something that can be learned early on in one’s career is that having a leader you can trust is very important. Trust is something that is...
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