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Select Top x Rows… Great…But I Want More (UPDATE)
So in SQL 2008 there is an object explorer command to Select (or edit) top 1000 rows when you right click on a table or view. When you do this a new query window will open, a select (or update) statement is created with the top 1000 rows and the ...
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Jumbo Packets
In the past few months, we’ve gradually been implementing a new SAN solution from Dell that uses iSCSI. We are kind of learning as we go and there are always bumps in the road. I’d noticed we had some I/O issues on our main production SQL Server ...
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Beginning Powershell for DBAs: 2 of 6
This is a continuation of the class at the NTSSUG. These are being held once a month before the main user group meeting. This class went much smoother than the first one. I start out with my top 10 list of how powershell is better than your wife, and I ...
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Troubleshoot DB Connection with Telnet
Here I show you how to trouble a DB connection issue to eliminate the firewall as a suspect. Using telnet you can tell pretty clearly whether or not the access is being blocked by the firewall or not. One thing I didn’t mention in the video is that this ...
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Beginning Powershell for DBAs: 1 of 6
This is a live class I gave at the NTSSUG (North Texas SQL Server User Group). Let me just say now that it was a disaster from the start. My laptop wouldn’t work with the projector so I had to use someone else’s box at the last minute ...
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Schemas: Ownership Chaining and Schema Ownership
Continuing with schemas, here I talk about ownership chaining and how schema ownership effects them. I start with the basics of chaining and then get into the meat of the topic right after that. Here's the vid.
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