Find Orphaned databases in SQL Server
Do you ever wonder if there are any databases in your environment that may just be there but not being used? I needed to make a comprehensive list of such databases i n order to clean up old databases...
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SQL Server Data Import using SQL Operations Studio
SQL Operations Studio is a new GUI based tool that works on windows, Mac OS and linux operating systems. It connects to SQL Server, Azure database, and SQL DW. Database administrators and developers...
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Announcing the 5th Edition of SQL Server 2017 Query Performance Tuning
I am quite excited to announce that the latest, most up to day, and by far the largest, copy of my book on query tuning is now available. 900 pages of information on how to improve the performance on...
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New Whitepaper: Architecting Microsoft SQL Server on VMware vSphere
New Whitepaper: Architecting Microsoft SQL Server on VMware vSphere Klaus Aschenbrenner Posted on 18 September 2018 Comments (Be sure to checkout the FREE SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan -...
View ArticleThe Trigger Roundup T-SQL Tuesday #106
This month was my turn to host T-SQL Tuesday. I chose Trigger Headaches or Happiness as the topic, and I am glad that there have been quite a few responses. I started the review almost immediately,and...
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Don’t Just Rely on Query Execution Stats for T-SQL Execution
I recently had an incident where I was looking into the cause of a long running process for a client. It was a batch process that ran overnight, and execution time had been growing until it was now...
View ArticleHelp me optimize this SQL Server 2005 query
I have this query that's running too slow. I'm not sure what all info I should provide in order to make it easy for you to help me, but I'll take a stab at it and then add more when you big-brains...
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MSSQL 特性分析 列存储技术做实时分析
数据分析指导商业行为的价值越来越高，使得用户对数据实时分析的要求变得越来越高。使用传统RDBMS数据分析架构，遇到了前所未有的挑战，高延迟、数据处理流程复杂和成本过高。这篇文章讨论如何利用SQL Server 2016列存储技术做实时数据分析，解决传统分析方法的痛点。 传统RDBMS数据分析 在过去很长一段时间，企业均选择传统的关系型数据库做OLAP和Data...
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Multi-detail reports using sub reports in SQL Server Reporting Services
By: Eduardo Pivaral || Related Tips: > Reporting Services Development Problem You use paginated .RDL reports and host them using SQL Server Reporting Services, if you have scenarios with single...
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Handling Intra-Day Changes for Type 2 Slowly Changing Dimensions in SQL...
Problem In the first two parts of this tip, an implementation of a slowly changing dimension of type 2 was suggested with SQL Server Integration Services. This design only uses out-of-the-box...
View ArticleRunning Google Translate Inside SQL Server ML Services
In my recent post, Installing External Modules into SQL Server’s python I had a look at just how simple it is to import external modules into Python so that they can be used within SQL Server. In this...
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Careful with your SQL Server Max Memory settings
Quite often I see database administrators set SQL Server max server memory thinking everything related to SQL Server uses this shared memory pool. This is a mistake. There are many things that rely on...
View ArticleSQL Server Integration Services SSIS 2005 - How do I let users run the...
So I made a package in SSIS to read data in from a text file and load it into a database table. What's the best way to set this up for non technical end users to run this when desired? My boss was...
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Deploy SQL Server with Cluster Shared Volumes part 2
In the other article in this series: Deploy SQL Server for failover clustering with Cluster Shared Volumes part 1 we have seen what a cluster shared volume is and what are the advantages and other...
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Identifying Unused Indexes In SQL Server
Like other relational database systems, SQL Server uses Indexes in order to access data more quickly. There are several types of indexes available within SQL Server (clustered, non-clustered, XML and...
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Overview of SQL Joins in SQL Server
The ability to combine resultsfrom related rows from multiple tables is an important part of relational database system design.In SQL Server, this is accomplished with the SQL join clause. It’s the...
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SQL Server with Cluster Shared volumes (CSV) Part 2
In theprevious part of this series,we have seen what a cluster shared volume is and what are the advantages and other considerations to keep in mind when deploying CSVs for SQL Server workloads. In...
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The Cause of Every Deadlock in SQL Server
First, a quick definition and example for those that don’t know what deadlocks are inside of a database. A deadlock happens when two (or more) transactions block each other by holding locks on...
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Easily map OptionSet using CRM OptionSet Mapping Editor in SSIS
Just want to share my experience of using KingswaySoft’s OptionSet Mapping Editor and how easy and efficient it makes to migrate data in Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE. Here our SQL (OLE DB Source) was...
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Shortcut: Disable certificate revocation checking to start SSMS faster
If you have ever started SQL Server Management Studio in an isolated environment (ie: one with no external Internet connectivity), you'll find that it's slower to start. That's because SQL Server uses...
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