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SQL Agent 2016 Jobs Running PowerShell Scripts
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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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Query Store for Everyone
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SQL Server 2016’s Query Store feature is, without a doubt, one of the most exciting new features for this version. The Query Store will keep…
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Heap tables in SQL Server
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In the last post of this blog series, I discussed what a B-Tree index was and briefly explained its history. Before we dive into the…
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Favorite SQL Server Feature – #TSQL2SDAY #77
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Today is the 77th T-SQL2SDAY! If you’re not familiar, T-SQL Tuesday is a blogging party hosted by a different person each month. It’s a…
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The ‘B’ in B-Tree – Indexing in SQL Server
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Some people advocate we should count by twelve rather than ten. This is because you can easily count the twelve segments of your fingers…
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Everything has a cost
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Too often we end up in a conflict while trying to explain how a minimally impacting function has no true business impact. If you are…
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T-SQL Tuesday #74 – Be the change (MERGE static data)
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Each month, on the first Tuesday of the month, the announcement for the blog party T-SQL Tuesday comes out. Those that are interested then…
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Keeping up with changes to Books Online
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Keeping up with new features of SQL Server can be a challenge. What is even more challenging, though, is keeping up with changes to…
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Adding Your Entire Enterprise into Red-Gate SQL Multi Script Distribution List
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RedGate sells a product call SQL Multi Script. The product allows you to asynchronously execute T-SQL scripts to large quantities of servers. There are…
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The end of an era
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Today is my last day working for Liberty Tax Service. Liberty took a chance on me when I was fresh out of the Navy…