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  • 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…

  • Query Store for Everyone

    Query Store for Everyone

    May 3, 2016

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    Derik Hammer

    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…

  • Heap tables in SQL Server

    Heap tables in SQL Server

    April 13, 2016

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    Derik Hammer

    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…

  • Favorite SQL Server Feature – #TSQL2SDAY #77

    Favorite SQL Server Feature – #TSQL2SDAY #77

    April 12, 2016

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    Derik Hammer

    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…

  • The ‘B’ in B-Tree – Indexing in SQL Server

    The ‘B’ in B-Tree – Indexing in SQL Server

    April 4, 2016

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    Derik Hammer

    Some people advocate we should count by twelve rather than ten. This is because you can easily count the twelve segments of your fingers…

  • Everything has a cost

    March 15, 2016

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    Derik Hammer

    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…

  • T-SQL Tuesday #74 – Be the change (MERGE static data)

    T-SQL Tuesday #74 – Be the change (MERGE static data)

    January 12, 2016

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    Derik Hammer

    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…

  • Keeping up with changes to Books Online

    Keeping up with changes to Books Online

    January 5, 2016

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    Derik Hammer

    Keeping up with new features of SQL Server can be a challenge. What is even more challenging, though, is keeping up with changes to…

  • Adding Your Entire Enterprise into Red-Gate SQL Multi Script Distribution List

    Adding Your Entire Enterprise into Red-Gate SQL Multi Script Distribution List

    August 11, 2015

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    Derik Hammer

    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…

  • The end of an era

    April 10, 2015

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    Derik Hammer

    Today is my last day working for Liberty Tax Service. Liberty took a chance on me when I was fresh out of the Navy…

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