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Find Long Running SQL Server Queries Using Profiler
By:Ben Snaidero || Related Tips:More >Profiler and Trace Problem Every DBA faces the issue of long running SQL Server queries running against their database systems. Ideally any long running...
View ArticleIdentify the best tables for SQL Server 2016 Columnstore Index Migration
By:Fikrat Azizov || Related Tips:More >SQL Server 2016 Problem I am looking to improve the performance of my company's data warehouse and thought it could greatly benefit from the new performance...
View ArticleExploring SQL Server 2016 JSON data Part 1
Now-a-days JSON ( javascript Object Notation ) data format has become popular in terms of exchanging data to different data sources. It is the primary format in storing data for NoSQL databases like...
View ArticleAim for Exceptional: Reflecting on my Employment at Pythian
In a few months I celebrate 14 years as an IT professional. I have held a slew of titles in my career with various companies, and was a contractor for half of my career: System Administrator in local...
View ArticleSwitching the Switch Gear: Schneider Electric’s Push for SSIS
It is not a radical or even new idea: If every part of a power distribution system were adequately shielded, none of the common elements that can gum up such a system ― air, humidity, erosion, insects,...
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SQL Server Master Data Services (MDS) Tips and Tricks
By:Svetlana Golovko || Related Tips:More >Master Data Services Problem We just recently started using SQL Server Master Data Services (MDS) and sometimes we don't know where things are or how to...
View ArticleConfigure a SQL Server Database using Transparent Data Encryption and...
By:Mohammed Moinudheen || Related Tips:More >Database Mirroring Problem I have read this tip on TDE, Configuring Transparent Data Encryption with SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups and...
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Uncommon SQL Server Data Types
In this article we’re going to go over a uncommonSQL server data types. These are those you won’t use every day, but you’ll want to know if you take the 70-461 exam. Even if you don’t plan on taking...
View ArticleSQL Saturday and the Alamo
I’ll be traveling this week to SQL Saturday #550 in San Antonio . This is my first time traveling to this part of Texas and I’m looking forward to getting a few minutes to swing by The Alamo and see a...
View ArticleIt’s different for Availability Groups when service packs get broke…
Last weekI did a few things wrong. The good news is I learned from it and now can prevent myself from repeating it. So I have this AG, it is kind of important, hence the AG part but after 5pm I have...
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Using SQL Server Profiler to Collect Valuable Performance Metrics
Managing a SQL Server instance can be a complicated task, but when systems administrators make use of the tools available to them, they can stay on top of their instance and ensure that it is...
View ArticleAWS Adds Native SQL Server Backups to Database-as-a-Service
AWS released an update to its Relational Database Service (RDS) that allows users to take advantage of native SQL Server backup and restore functionality. AWS beat Microsoft Azure to market with this...
View ArticleSQL Server Best Practices, Part II: Virtualized Environments
It is 2016 and some people still think SQL Server cannot be run on a virtual machine. SQL Server can successfully run in a VM but SQL is resource-intensive by nature and so if you are going to...
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SQL Server Stored Procedure to Compress Non Partitioned Tables
Problem My SQL Server database has some very big tables that can be compressed. The tables are simple, non-partitioned tables and I want a quick tool to compress them. I do not want to shrink the whole...
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Steps to change the server name for a SQL Server machine
Problem In this tip we look at the steps within SQL Server you need to follow if you change the physical server name for a standalone SQL Server. Solution As you may know, the internal SQL Server name...
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The Impact of Compression Delay in Real-time Operational Analytics
I have a session coming up at both the PASS Summit in October and the 24HOP Summit Preview event in September, on Operational Analytics. Actually, my session is covering the benefits of combining both...
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Azure: What’s the difference between SQL Database and SQL Server?
If you want to blog T-SQL Tuesday is a great way to get started. On the first Tuesday of each month (or possibly a bit earlier as in this case) someone presents a blogging idea. Everyone who wants to...
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TOMORROW: CNJSSUG Presents - Hilary Cotter - Performance Tuning
Wednesday, August 10, 2016, The next meeting of the Central NJ SQL Server Users Group will be on Wednesday August 10, 2016 at 6pm, located at In-Person @ 101 Wood Avenue South, Suite 900 Iselin, New...
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T-SQL Tuesday #81 Migrating Databases with Dell LiteSpeed
T-SQL Tuesday #81 Sharpen Something It’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again, and this month’s host is fellow Certified Master and Data Platform MVP Jason Brimhall ( Blog | @sqlrnnr ). Jason has challenged...
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Install SQL Server 2016 Sample Database WideWorldImporters SQL in Sixty Secon...
I have been a very loyal user to sample database AdventureWorks for a while, I really liked the overall database. However, as we know SQL Server releases, new features every year and along with the new...
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