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  1. What About "Under-Used" Indexes?

    We've all spent time looking for unused indexes (right?), but today my boss asked about under-used indexes. Now, I wrote a script a while ago to find completely unused indexes, but finding indexes that were only being used a little was just different enough to require a new script ...

  2. What About "Under-Used" Indexes?

    We've all spent time looking for unused indexes (right?), but today my boss asked about under-used indexes. Now, I wrote a script a while ago to find completely unused indexes, but finding indexes that were only being used a little was just different enough to require a new script ...

  3. SQLAuthority News – Win Windows Phone from Idera in 140 Characters – A Cartoon Challenge of SQL

    I personally have Windows Phone and I love it. The user friendliness and integration with social media is remarkable. My wife Nupur is big fan of Windows Live tools and Windows Phone as well. Well, this blog post is not about our preference of Windows Phone but about YOU a ...

  4. Pros and Cons: Stored Procedures–vs- Embedded Queries–vs- Views in an SSRS Dataset

    Overview:  This blog entry lists considerations for deciding how to handle data access for an SSRS report. Level:  201 Recently someone at my office asked, “Do I really need to create a stored procedure for a really tiny, simple, SSRS report query?”  Great question.  In the past we had taken ...

  5. SQLServerPedia Has a New Editor-in-Chief. Oh no, it’s Me!

    Attrition has taken its toll once again as a few good friends  move from being colleagues to being former colleagues. As a result of the folks moving on to bigger and better things, I’m now stepping up in to the roll of editor-in-chief of SQLServerPedia.  This roll is mostly ...

  6. Meme Monday: Posts in 11 Words or Less

     I decided to take Tom LaRock’s Meme Monday challenge an extra step and write eleven posts. (I’m spending the morning in a hospital waiting room and have nothing else to do.)   While his initial announcement asked for a story,  today he asked for a blog post.  Here’s ...

  7. Meme Monday

    Replication: It's Not Really As Bad As SQLRockStar Says It Is (Wondering what the heck this is supposed to be about? Check out Meme Monday, Thomas LaRock's (Blog | Twitter) challenge to the SQL blogosphere to find out!)

  8. #Meme Monday

    Use extended events; they work – and make you appear magical. – “Write a SQL blog post in 11 words or less” via Thomas Larock (Blog | @SQLRockStar) Related posts: Meme Monday – “I got 99 problems but a disk ain’t one” Webcast Next Week – Using XML to Query ...

  9. Meme Monday: 11 Words or Less

    Looks like time for another meme, this time from Tom LaRock (Blog | Twitter). He challenged us to write a blog post in 11 words or less, so here’s my entry: With a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Use tools appropriately. If you’re reading this then I’m ...

  10. #mememonday

    I’ve been tagged by Meredith Ryan Smith (blog|Twitter) to participate in #mememonday.  Today’s meme is “write a SQL blog post in 11 words or less”. So here is my effort at these words of wisdom.   Problem Solve by getting facts making an educated deduction.   I am going ...

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