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Author: Derik Hammer

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  • How Fast Can You Learn?

    January 16, 2017

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    Derik Hammer

    Self-analysis and emotional intelligence are valuable assets. Internal, or even external, dialog aids in problem solving and understanding. Knowing yourself is more important than any skill that…

  • T-SQL Tuesday #85: STOP! Restore Time!

    T-SQL Tuesday #85: STOP! Restore Time!

    December 13, 2016

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    Derik Hammer

    I know, I know. That was a bit much. This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is being hosted by Kenneth Fisher (b | t). T-SQL Tuesday…

  • Rotating Tables with Indicators in SSRS 2016

    November 28, 2016

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    Derik Hammer

    When creating SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services) dashboards, I like to use indicators to give clear and colorful data visualizations. In this post I am…

  • T-SQL Tuesday #84: Building an hour of content

    T-SQL Tuesday #84: Building an hour of content

    November 8, 2016

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    Derik Hammer

    This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is being hosted by Andy Yun (t | b). T-SQL Tuesday (#TSQL2SDAY) is a blog party founded by Adam Machanic…

  • Unique Indexes and Computed Columns in SQL Server

    Unique Indexes and Computed Columns in SQL Server

    October 17, 2016

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    Derik Hammer

    In the last post of this blog series, I discussed what a non-clustered index is and how to choose an ideal non-clustered index key.…

  • Demo God Recovery Kit

    Demo God Recovery Kit

    October 10, 2016

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    Derik Hammer

    I was scheduled to give a virtual presentation to the MagicPASS user group. The week before I received a beta update for Windows 10.…

  • Non-Clustered Indexes in SQL Server

    Non-Clustered Indexes in SQL Server

    September 12, 2016

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    Derik Hammer

    In the last post of this blog series, I discussed what a clustered index is and how to choose an ideal clustered index key.…

  • Measuring Availability Group Synchronization Lag

    September 1, 2016

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    Derik Hammer

    With all of the high-availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) features, the database administrator must understand how much data loss and downtime is possible…

  • Choosing Subway

    Choosing Subway

    August 1, 2016

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    Derik Hammer

    By the time this post is published I will likely be pulling into the parking lot at the Subway World Headquarters, ready to receive…

  • SQL Agent 2016 Jobs Running PowerShell Scripts

    July 28, 2016

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    Derik Hammer

    I recently performed a side-by-side upgrade of a SQL Server 2008 R2 instance to SQL Server 2016 RTM. This particular instance had over 200…

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