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Latest Blog Posts
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Backing up SQL Server to the cloud makes a lot of sense, particularly for small businesses. Managing the physical media takes up too much time and effort for a small shop. Azure storage simplifies the backup process allowing a small business to allocate...
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I recently tried Excel for iPad and tried opening several workbooks. The results are pretty good, but I’ve found that it wasn’t possible to display certain workbooks. For example, opening a workbook that contains many CUBEVALUE formulas, I should have...
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Introduction Back in January 2014, I wrote an article for SQLperformance.com describing the cardinality estimation process for queries with multiple predicates, from the point of view of the old and new cardinality estimators. The article describes the...
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If your copy of Windows 8.1 is set to automatically install updates, you may have missed that you now have new usability enhancements to improve the user experience for both using a mouse and working in desktop mode. You can easily pin modern apps to...
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On 31st March 2014 I released version 1.2.0.0 of SSIS Reporting Pack , my open source project that aims to enhance the SSIS Catalog that was introduced in SSIS 2012. This is a big release because it includes an entirely new feature -the Restart Framework....
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Whenever a new version of SQL Server is released, I compare what is in SQL Server Management Studio to get an overall, visual representation of the differences. There are of course differences that aren’t readily apparent by comparing what’s in SSMS....
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Microsoft SQL Server is easier to administrate than any other relational database on the market. But “easier than everyone else” doesn’t mean it’s easy. And it doesn’t mean that database administration on SQL Server is problem free. And since SQL Server...
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Sounds scary, huh? And it surely can be! Here’s an example of one such case: A client of mine had implemented a 3:rd party backup solution in their VM Ware environment. This shouldn't affect the SQL Server backups. Or that was the plan. I won’t mention...
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In the latest-&-greatest effort in my mission to deliver my Columnstore presentation to every geekly denizen of the SQL community on the Northleft Coast of the United States & beyond, I’ll be delivering this week to the Oregon SQL Server User...
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This past weekend saw the first SQL Saturday in Melbourne. Numbers were good – there were about 300 people registered, and the attendance rate seemed high (though I didn’t find out the actual numbers). Looking around during the keynote, I didn’t see many...
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The release of the latest two versions of SQL Server (2008 R2 and 2012) has been accompanied by the publication of their respective eBooks. On April 2nd, a post on Microsoft Press Blog has announced the publication of the eBook Introducing Microsoft SQL...
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I’m increasingly recommending cloud based strategies to both drive down costs and simplify things. Cloud technology is now at a point there there are very clear guidelines and frameworks for addressing security concerns. Take a look at the Microsoft Azure...
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In the last months a lot of discussion has been done around the topic of GUIDs and their usage as Clustered Keys. We had a very “hot” discussion on that several years in Italy, and looking on the web you can see that this kind of question surface gain...
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My previous blog post “Truncate Table – DDL or DML Statement?” got quite a few comments. Now I am continuing with a similar discussion: is the ALTER TABLE SWITCH [PARTITION] DDL (Data Definition Language) or DML (Data Manipulation Language) statement?...
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While testing exports of SQL Server tables to files, one thing led to another and I started investigating the file server where the files are saved. Finding files on the server seemed slow. Further investigation revealed several MSDN and TechNet posts...
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I am honored to announce I will be presenting SSIS 2014 Data Flow Tuning Tips and Tricks at the New England SQL Server User Group Wednesday, 14 May 2014! SSIS 2014 Data Flow Tuning Tips and Tricks Want to go fast? This session is for you! Attend and learn...
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One quiet addition to the tools that have been released recently was the set of project templates for creating BI projects (Integration Services, Analysis Services, Reporting Services) within Visual Studio 2013. It is really great to be able to use the...
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I had the distinct honour (honor) this week of recording a new SQL Down Under podcast with Paul Larson . Paul is a principal researcher at Microsoft and is one of the keen minds involved in the technologies behind the in-memory tables (Hekaton) and clustered...
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A few time ago I had the opportunity to investigate about an unexpected SPID (Session Process ID) change. The inquiry began when a customer of ours starts to complain for locks, and lock time out error. These locks sometime were more frequent and sometimes...
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The recent Time Patterns article published in www.daxpatterns.com contains many DAX formulas that I hope will be useful to anyone is interest in implementing time-related calculations in DAX without relying on the Time Intelligence functions. There are...
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On Saturday I'll be presenting one of my favorite sessions, Manage SQLServer Efficiently w/PowerShell Remoting , at the Las Vegas SQL Saturday. Here's the abstract: You have more and more servers to manage and less time to accomplish everything. You're...
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Three weeks from now I'll be visiting Chicago to participate in SQL Saturday. I'll offer two different learning opportunities: On Friday, April 25, you can join me for a full day seminar on parallelism and performance in SQL Server . This class covers...
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A great session by Adam Machanic at SQL Saturday Boston the previous weekend on methods to influence the query optimizer while still letting it do its task. The gist of this is that while SQL Server has what are called Query Hints, there are adverse consequences....
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I used to build white box servers because there were usually enough spare parts left over from upgrade projects. (management did not see the need for non-production systems, so I arranged for there to be spare parts). But since 2002 or so, I have been...
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Why would I share a SUPER SECRET story like this? Why would I reveal secrets that were NEVER meant to see the light of day? What bizarre secrets will you learn about the twisted underbelly of SQL Server?...
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