Blog Post: #0360 – SQL Server – sp_attach_db v/s CREATE DATABASE FOR ATTACH –...
This post has been a long time coming. I am an advocate of using newer T-SQL and administrative features if situation and compatibility related business requirements allow. In implementation of this...
View ArticleBlog Post: The tail of the log
The tail of the log A little while back I was feeling overwhelmed by the number of blog posts ideas that I had so I asked around if anyone wanted one. Surprisingly I only had one taker. Warwick Rudd (...
View ArticleBlog Post: What Is the Difference Between a Join and a UNION?
Both Joins and UNIONS can be used to combine data from two or more tables. Read this article to find out each command’s strengths and when to use them. To get the most of this and our other lessons be...
View ArticleBlog Post: Simple explanation of a t-test and its meaning using Excel 2013
For those of us you say that stats are ‘dry’ – you are clearly being shown the wrong numbers! Statistics are everywhere and it’s well worth understanding what you’re talking about, when you talk about...
View ArticleBlog Post: Lone DBA, Lemming or Master of your Domain
Are you a lone lemming or the master of your domain? Many organizations hire only one database administrator. This lone DBA is in a unique position which can be both rewarding and challenging. I have...
View ArticleBlog Post: Moving Your SQL Infrastructure to Microsoft Azure
Just Another Big Business (JABB) Systems International is a fictional, 2,400-employee business with global offices. It manufactures security equipment, such as surveillance systems, alarms, bulletproof...
View ArticleBlog Post: Assigned reading: FREEPROCCACHE
I don’t often find myself blogging for the sole purpose of showing you someone else’s blog, but today is one of those days. I’d like you to read Grant Fritchey’s excellent piece, “Targeted Plan Cache...
View ArticleBlog Post: The 30 minute rule
In one of my first IT jobs (back in the dark ages) we had something called the thirty minute rule . Kind of catchy right? But what did it mean? Simply said, if you have made no progress on a problem...
View ArticleBlog Post: How To Optimise The Performance Of MDX Queries That Return...
One problem I encounter on a regular basis is how to optimise the performance of MDX queries that return thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of rows. The advice I give is always the...
View ArticleBlog Post: Shredding XML in XEvents
One of the biggest pains with Extended Events is the thing we love to hate – XML. XML is so foreign to many DBAs. It’s not relational and often brings nightmares of parsing and performance issues....
View ArticleBlog Post: Agile Development – A DBA’s Initial Thoughts
I recently had the opportunity to attend a three day Agile development workshop. At a very high level, Agile development values making small, iterative changes over short periods of time, unlike...
View ArticleBlog Post: The Problem With AshleyMadison - WaterOx Consulting
Reading Time: 3 minutes What is the real problem with the AshleyMadison data breach? Well, let... The post The Problem With AshleyMadison appeared first on WaterOx Consulting .
View ArticleBlog Post: Connecting To SQL Server Running On An Azure VM
If you have setup a Windows Azure Virtual Machine running SQL Server you may have noticed that you might not be able to connect to the SQL Server running on the machine by using SQL Server Management...
View ArticleBlog Post: Use FILEPROPERTY to find free space in all the database
The use of SpaceUsed property of the FILEPROPERTY function gives how much space is used also we can derive lot of other attributes of it such as free space and percentage of free space. For other...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQLSat403 – Recap
The doors close, lights turn off, and cars begin to pull out of the parking lot. Another SQL Saturday event has come and gone, but this time it was different. The reason for this was from the hard...
View ArticleBlog Post: Getting Started With Power BI Desktop: Simple Visualization
This is the third installment of our Getting Started With Power BI Desktop series. The first post is about installation and the second is about getting data . In this post, let’s see how easy it is to...
View ArticleBlog Post: I am not a “wogrammer”
So apparently the COO of Facebook is trying to make the word “wogrammer” – a woman programmer – a thing. (Thanks to Vicky Harp for pointing out this infuriating thing.) I cannot stress how...
View ArticleBlog Post: 017 – Thinking Like A Manager - WaterOx Consulting
Reading Time: 2 minutes Thinking Like A Manager In WOxPod!, episode # 017 – “Thinking Like... The post 017 – Thinking Like A Manager appeared first on WaterOx Consulting .
View ArticleBlog Post: Event Notification para kill
Algum tempo atras fiz um post sobre Event Notification para monitorar DeadLock o que funciona muito bem,,, Com um pouco de modificação o mesmo código pode ser utilizado para muitas outras coisas,,, por...
View ArticleBlog Post: The default instance has a name
The default instance actually has an instance name. It’s MSSQLSERVER. This is probably familiar to a lot of you but hold on because I’m going to go a little bit deeper. When we connect to a default...
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