Table occupied, indexed or not indexed
SQL Server, very busy table, holds activity for around 6-10K users at any time and have inserts/updates/deletes on each hit. I didn't use index on this table as any data written doesn't stay more than...
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A Better Way to Clean Up the SSIS Catalog Database
Earlier this week, I blogged about the automatic cleanup process that purges old data from the SSIS catalog logging tables. This nightly process removes data for operations that are older than 365...
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SQL Server Export/Import excel using R script - Part 6
In continuation to my previous posts on SQL Server Export/Import excel using R scriptPart 1, Part 2 , Part 3 ,Part 4 &Part 5. In this post, let us see how to invoke sql files in a folder and...
View ArticleSQL: Is indexing bit columns useful in SQL Server?
One data type that's often been quite controversial is the bit data type. So a bit is where we have an individual value, which is either a zero or one. They're the only values allowed unless it's...
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Fourteenth Blog Birthday
Every year, on the anniversary of thefirst-ever post on this blog, I write a post summarising my thoughts on what’s happening in the world of Microsoft BI and what I’m up to professionally. This year,...
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2018 blogging in review (Happy New Year 2019 !!!)
Happy New Year 2019… from SQL with Manoj !!! As WordPress.com stats helper monkeys have stopped preparing annual report for any of their blogs, so I’ve prepared my own Annual Report for this year...
View ArticleTalking T-SQL (among Many Other Enterprise SQL Server Topics)
I’ve been producing Tech Outbound SQL Cruise events since 2010. These are week-long, immersive training events covering the complete Microsoft Data Platform: Azure, Machine Learning, AI, Power BI and,...
View ArticleSteps to Drop or Suspect Database in SQL Server Database
“Need help urgently! Yesterday I have noticed that one of my databases is showing the status of Suspect mode. Now, I need to drop it and recreate the database. While trying to do the same, it shows a...
View ArticleSQL Server Export/Import excel using R script
In this post, let us see new approach to import excel into SQL Server and export SQL server data to excel. There are some existing methods to do this using BCP, Bulk Insert, Import & Export wizard...
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Cloning SQL Server Instances with Containers
SQL Server containers can be used to “clone” production environments for development and test, delivering isolated SQL containers with production data, and instance configuration. Windocks SQL...
View ArticleAlternative Data Platform New Year’s post
Reading Time: 5 minutes Well it’s nearly the end of 2018. There’s a lot of end of year reviews appearing now. Hence, with 2019 coming up I thought I would publish an alternative Data Platform New...
View ArticleSQL Server’s Built-In Monitoring
Jason Brimhall has a three-part series on the types of monitoring built into SQL Server. Part one is an overview and includes the Default Trace : The default trace by itself is something that can be...
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Automating SQL Server patching
Howdy everyone, today I’m gonna talk about SQL Server patching. While this operation is pretty straightforward and very rarely causes issues by itself, there is nothing less entertaining than going...
View ArticleInsert in 2 tables select the result of a SQL Server table
How to insert into 2 tables result from a select statement. I have a table with several data: val1 val2 val3 .... valn ------------------------- 12 21 54 78 .. .. .. .. I have something like: Select...
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sql server reporting services configuration manager 2016 | SQL Server...
Home Installations & Configuration sql server reporting services configuration manager 2016 | SQL Server Reporting Service Configuration Installations & Configuration sql server reporting...
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Cleaning up Old Code and Unused objects in SQL Server
In this article, we are going to talk about discovering and archiving SQL references to invalid procedures. We have a significant amount of database code within our database procedures we no longer...
View ArticleIntegration Services Catalog package errors
Short post today… My client makes extensive use of SSIS and deploys the packages to the Integration Services Catalog (ISC), and runs them via hundreds of jobs. When one of the jobs fail, I have to go...
View ArticleHappy new year from SQL Down Under and from me
Hi Folks, Just a short note today to wish everyone a happy new year. I know that new year is a time when many people make resolutions, with the intention of changing something about themselves during...
View ArticleZeppelin-ms sql server interpreter
i have zeppelin running on my system.. details are ubuntu 14.04 64bit Apache Zeppelin 0.6.0 java version "1.7.0_111" Apache Maven 3.3.9 -Pspark-2.0 -Dspark.version=1.5.2 i have seen many interpreters...
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SQL Server export adhoc SQL or table to CSV file
In this post, let us see how to export adhoc sql query output or list of tables, views data into csv file. I am going to make use of R script to do this. I have tried this example with SQL Server 2019...
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