Blog Post: The Problem With SQL Azure
The problem with SQL Azure is that it’s not named SQL Azure. It used to be named SQL Azure, but in May of 2012 Microsoft announced that after 2 years of branding efforts they were going to put all...
View ArticleBlog Post: Stored Procedures or No? Take Our Security Poll - By Gabriel Villa
I recently gave a SQLSaturday talk in New Mexico for an audience of about 30. The focus of my talk was development, and I touched on the security advantages of using stored procedures. When I asked...
View ArticleBlog Post: A SQL Cmdlet a Day 1
Have you ever had the desire to work with SQL using a command line interface? If you answered “Why would I ever want to do that?” I can give you several EXCELLENT reasons: 1. It’s Kewl!! 2. It will...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQLSaturday Vegas Style
We are mere moments from the inaugural SQL Saturday ( announced a few short months ago ) event in fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada. Can you feel the excitement building? The SQLSat 295 team has been...
View ArticleBlog Post: A SQL Cmdlet a Day 2 Piping and Select
This post expands on the basics of SQL Server PowerShell and introduces “piping” as well as using Select in PowerShell cmdlets, the first post can be found here . Technet defines “piping” as “ passing...
View ArticleBlog Post: Wondering how to train your team for the Analytics you want in...
Whether you're starting up an Analytics team in your organisation, there are more available positions than ever – and not enough people to fill them! Todd Nevins, cofounder and director of marketing...
View ArticleBlog Post: Friday Followup For April 4, 2014
It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re not doing any real work anyway. Posts That Were Popular This Week The Phoenix Project: a...
View ArticleBlog Post: Monthly Reflections – March 2014
After a bit of an enforced sabbatical from blogging (short but boring story), I was interested to see how my blog had fared over the last month in essentially what was a re-launch. The list below is...
View ArticleBlog Post: Changing SQL Server Agent Jobs Ownership: Who should own SQL...
I writing this blog post as a result of the following two questions, which I’ve been asked by one of my blog follower recently. Question#1: Does it matter who is the owner of the SQL Server Agent job?...
View ArticleBlog Post: Free Video On Subselects In MDX
Yet more videos have been added to my online MDX training course including a new, free video on subselects in MDX that you can see here:...
View ArticleBlog Post: SSIS XML Task
The XML Task in SSIS allows you to parse through an XML file and read the nodes in the XML. In a previous blog I showed how to use a web service task to get the city and state when entering a zip...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL Server – Hide system objects in Object Explorer – SQL Server...
By default, SQL Server system objects are listed in Object Explorer in Management Studio. These system objects include system database, system tables/views/procedures and so on. SQL Server Management...
View ArticleBlog Post: Let’s Make Your Life a Little Easier: Strategies for Generating...
Performance optimization on SQL Server is no easy task. Dealing with so much information, multiple moving parts and a vast array of issues, DBAs are constantly looking for ways to strategically and...
View ArticleBlog Post: Enabling Data Compression – April 2014 Update
Thanks for commenter Srini for catching another problem in how tables with spaces in their names were being handled. This version fixes that. CREATE PROC [dbo].[up_CompressDatabase] ( @minCompression...
View ArticleBlog Post: Decree: Set your partition offset and block size – make SQL Server...
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it 1,024 times: your SQL data and log drives need a 1024 KB starting offset, and a 64 KB block size*. Your SQL data and log drives need a 1024 KB starting offset, and a...
View ArticleBlog Post: Inside SQLSaturday: Niko Neugebauer & SQLSaturday Lisbon
The beautiful Sintra Welcome to the second thrilling ;) instalment of Inside SQLSaturday, and today I am joined by Portugal’s very own Niko Neugebauer ( web | twitter ). Niko is the event lead to...
View ArticleBlog Post: A SQL Cmdlet a Day 3 Variables
As with any scripting language PowerShell supports variables, but unlike many languages declaration and assignment is streamlined. One of the coolest things about PowerShell variables is that data...
View ArticleBlog Post: April 2014 – SQL Server Monthly Maintenance Checklist
image source Make sure you start the month right by taking the time to make certain your SQL Server environment is performing and being maintained up to where you need. To do that you need to check...
View ArticleBlog Post: Webcast Preview: “Essential Tips for Managing Your SQL Server...
When it comes to properly managing their SQL Server environment, at times even the most seasoned DBAs can feel like they’re drowning under pressure. Managing performance, stability and scalability, is...
View ArticleBlog Post: Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #78
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” ( so exciting ), follow me on twitter ( @StrateSQL ). And see these throughout the day as I tweet out...
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