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  • Linked Server Elimination – SQL Hammer

    January 29, 2018

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    Derik Hammer

    SQL Server has a feature for partitioning tables and indexes. Partitioning can be implemented at many levels, however. You can create multiple tables for…

  • What is a data lake? – SQL Hammer

    January 22, 2018

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    Derik Hammer

    Our zatz-its are wise. Our zatz-its are dispersed. We have questions to ask the zatz-its, so we corral them in a warehouse. Now everyone…

  • What is a cloud data warehouse? – SQL Hammer

    January 8, 2018

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    Derik Hammer

    Amazon Redshift was announced in November of 2012 and became the first cloud data warehouse, opening a whole new segment of technology. What is…

  • SQL Data Warehouse – Fast row counts – SQL Hammer

    SQL Data Warehouse – Fast row counts – SQL Hammer

    January 2, 2018

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    Derik Hammer

    A couple of years ago I published a script to calculate fast, light-weight, row counts for SQL Server on-premises. The need to view the…

  • 5 Extended Events Sessions Your SQL Server Instance Cannot Live Without – SQL Hammer

    October 24, 2017

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    Derik Hammer

    SQL Server Extend Events.aspx) is a general event-handling system. It correlates data from SQL Server and, to a limited degree, the operating system. Extended…

  • Big Data Round Up – SQL Hammer

    October 12, 2017

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    Derik Hammer

    This month’s T-SQL Tuesday was all about Big Data. See what the community has to say about Big Data with this collection of articles…

  • Inside the XEvent Profiler – SQL Hammer

    October 11, 2017

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    Derik Hammer

    XEvent Profiler is a new feature of SQL Server Management Studio v17.3. I applaud the SQL Server Tools Team for this feature. I feel…

  • T-SQL Tuesday #95 – Unstructured Cosmos – SQL Hammer

    October 10, 2017

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    Derik Hammer

    T-SQL Tuesday (#TSQL2sDAY) is a blog party founded by Adam Machanic (b | t). Each month a member of the community hosts the party…

  • TSQL2sday #95 Invitation – Big Data – SQL Hammer

    October 3, 2017

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    Derik Hammer

    T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party started by Adam Machanic. Everyone is invited to this party. Participation is easy. Simply write a blog…

  • SQL query performance tuning tips for non-production environments – SQL Hammer

    September 14, 2017

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    Derik Hammer

    It is a common misconception that you need real production data, or production like data, to effectively tune queries in SQL Server. I am…

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