Blog Post: My articles published on SearchSQLServer.com from January 2014 to...
The following is the list of my articles published on SearchSQLServer.com from January 2014 to September 2014. To read these articles, you must be a member of SearchSQLServer.com . Learn how to use...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL Saturday #320 Raleigh in Review
This past Saturday, September 6th, I had the privilege of attending SQL Saturday #320, in Raleigh, NC . It was a great day. The highlight of the event was the #sqlfamily . I had several rewarding...
View ArticleBlog Post: T-SQL Tuesday #58: Passwords
It’s that time again. The second Tuesday of each month we have a blog party called T-SQL Tuesday. The host picks a subject and we all blog about it. It was originally started by Adam Mechanic ( b / t...
View ArticleBlog Post: How Did They Make That???
often you may run across a stored procedure, view, or function that peeks your curiosity and you REALLY want to see how it works. This is even true of system objects. There are several ways of...
View ArticleBlog Post: #SQLSat San Diego Count Down!!
We are just over one week until SQL Saturday #340 San Diego! If you are on the fence as to whether to attend here are some reasons that should make this an easy decision. 1. Itzik Ben-Gan @itzikbengan...
View ArticleBlog Post: CMS: List all Jobs and Their Owners on All Servers
Using CMS , we can get a list of all the Jobs on all servers that are not owned the way we would like. The code below is just an example of how you can exclude by server name, job name, and owner...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL Server Cluster resource fails with “Data source name not found...
Last week I had worked on SQL Server 2008 R2 installation on a Windows Cluster. The installation would go fine until the installer tries to bring the SQL Server resource online. At that time it would...
View ArticleBlog Post: Query Cached Execution Plans
Often I need to examine an execution plan from a production server. Just as often, I can’t re-run the stored procedure in that environment. There are several techniques for simulating the environment...
View ArticleBlog Post: It’s Simple!! Or Psuedo Simple Anyway.
MSDN documents the log chain as: A continuous sequence of log backups is called a log chain. A log chain starts with a full backup of the database. Usually, a new log chain is only started when the...
View ArticleBlog Post: SSIS End To End Training Videos
I recently completed 12 videos with SSWUG that covers SQL Server Integration Services, 2005 thru 2014. These videos were created as a tool to help prepare for the Microsoft 70-463 exam, Implementing...
View ArticleBlog Post: September 2014 Las Vegas UG Meeting
Who is up for a little free learning this week? Besides the opulence and feast that was the 24 Hours of PASS (Summit Preview), we have more training in store for you from the people in Las Vegas....
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL – List Primary key and Concatenate composite Keys into a...
The following query lists all the Primary keys of all the table. OP has requested to list all PK and composite PKs and concatenate all it’s composite PK column values into a single row separated by...
View ArticleBlog Post: Identifying large queries using Server Side Traces
Who are your worst offenders? By offenders I mean, queries that are consuming the most resources on your server(s). I know Extended Events have a lower impact but I like server side traces. Not only...
View ArticleBlog Post: What are trace flags?
Trace flags are one of those things that I’ve heard about more and more over the last five or six years. But only in the past year or so have I started to understand what they are and how to use them....
View ArticleBlog Post: Working with FileTable in SQL – Wrapup
I’m in the process of reviewing my notes and demos for my upcoming session, Introduction to FileTables , at SQL Saturday Orlando . There’s a few things I’ve been meaning to write about, so this post...
View ArticleBlog Post: Four Things We Wish We Knew
A couple weeks ago I posted 4 Attitudes I Wish I Had When I Started – it was 4 pieces of advice I’d love to give to my old self that I’ve either learned the hard way or am still learning. I also asked...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL Server: Converting binary data to a hexadecimal string
Problem I have a requirement to convert the binary data inside a table column or variable to a hexadecimal string. Is it possible to directly convert the binary data to a hexadecimal string...
View ArticleBlog Post: Counting Customers Who Have Bought All Selected Products
Market basket analysis is a fairly well understood problem for SSAS – it’s best handled using many-to-many relationships, as shown in the excellent The Many-to-Many Revolution white paper. However...
View ArticleBlog Post: Friday Followup For September 12, 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 Don’t Get Slimed By...
View ArticleBlog Post: Reblog: September 5 to September 11
Photo credit – JStove Old posts are like unicorns. You might see them just once, but it’d sure be nice to have them come back around every not and then. This connection might not make that much sense,...
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