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• Queries barely over the Cost Threshold for Parallelism

  - by jchang

  Previously I had discussed SQL Server parallelism, with my thoughts on the best settings for: Cost Threshold for Parallelism (CTP) and Max Degrees of Parallelism (MAXDOP) in Parallelism Strategy and Comments . At the time, I had intended to follow up with detailed measurements. So now a mere 2 years later, here it is. The general thought was that CTP should be raised from the default value of 5, and MAXDOP should be changed from unrestricted, on modern systems with very many cores, and most especially...(read more)

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• A more reliable and more flexible sp_MSforeachdb

  - by AaronBertrand

  I've complained about sp_MSforeachdb before. In part of my "Bad Habits to Kick" series in 2009-10, I described how I worked around its sporadic inability to actually process all of the databases on an instance: http://sqlblog.com/blogs/aaron_bertrand/archive/2010/02/08/bad-habits-to-kick-relying-on-undocumented-behavior.aspx I lumped this in a "Bad Habit" category of relying on undocumented behavior, since - while the procedure does have rampant usage - it is, in fact, both undocumented and unsupported....(read more)

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• The 2013 PASS Summit - Day 1

  - by AllenMWhite

  It's SQL Server Geek Week once again! Every year at the PASS Summit the SQL Server faithful descend on the city of choice for the annual Summit, and this year it's Charlotte, North Carolina. Once again I've been given the privilege of sitting at the bloggers table, so my laptop is on a table! So far this week it's been great seeing people I get to see just once a year. I attended Red Gate's SQL in the City event on Monday, and saw some great sessions from Grant Fritchey, Steve Jones and Nigel Sammy....(read more)

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• Server Migration Checklist

  - by merrillaldrich

  During the past six months or so I have had to manage quite a lot of SQL Server migration/consolidation, and with each effort I’ve refined a checklist to try to make things go more smoothly. I just hate getting that call after a migration where something unexpected is broken :-). What follows is imperfect, but I thought I’d throw it up here anyway, if only as a starting point for other people. Some basic assumptions: I have been moving SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition and SQL Server 2000 data, so...(read more)

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• Silverlight 4 What Devs Need to Know

  Tim Heuer has done a great post on the Silverlight 4 released. Availability of tools announcement. BEFORE you run off to Tims blog please READ THIS If you need to continue doing Windows Phone 7 development, stick with the Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate for now!  The updated CTP of the Windows Phone developer tools is not quite done yet.  Information about updated tools availability will be forthcoming on these tools.  Stay tuned. When you visit Tims blog you will be prompted...Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.

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• SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 Cumulative Update #1 is available!

  - by AaronBertrand

  Waited to deploy SQL Server 2012 until Service Pack 1 was released? Then held off because Service Pack 1 did not include important updates from Cumulative Update #3 and Cumulative Update #4 ? You're running out of reasons to procrastinate! The SQL Server team has released CU #1 for Service Pack 1, which should include all of the fixes from CU #3 & CU #4, as well as some others. KB article: KB #2765331 Build # is 11.0.3321 I count a whopping 44 fixes! Relevant for builds 11.0.3000 -> 11.0.3320....(read more)

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• Announcing Oracle WebLogic 12c

  - by alexismp

  While this blog is mostly devoted to GlassFish, you may be interested in the Oracle WebLogic Server 12c announcement scheduled for December 1st, 2011. The launch event is called "Introducing Oracle WebLogic Server 12c, the #1 Application Server Across Conventional and Cloud Environments" and will be split into Executive Overview and Developer Deep Dive sessions. The agenda description includes the following (emphasis is mine) : • Optimized to run your solutions for Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE); Oracle Fusion Middleware; and Oracle Fusion Applications • Enhanced with transformational platforms and technologies such as Java EE 6, Oracle’sActive GridLink for RAC, Oracle Traffic Director, and Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder On a slightly less official note but on that same topic, you should check out Steve Button's blog and twitter stream.

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• Did You Know: Where's the Best Place to Get Started?

  - by Kalen Delaney

  Have you ever wondered how to start learning about a specific SQL Server topic? Or how to advise someone who asks "How do I get started?" Redgate, and SQL Server Central, have launched a new site to answer that question. SQL Server Stairways are a series of tutorials designed to take you from zero knowledge of a particular SQL Server topic, to a level of practical understanding that will allow you to start using that feature in a production environment. Not all the tutorials are finished, but new...(read more)

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• T-SQL Tuesday #34: HELP!

  - by merrillaldrich

  I owe my career to the SQL Server community, specifically the Internet SQL Server community, so this month’s T-SQL Tuesday is especially poignant. I changed careers “cold” about eight years ago, and, while I had some educational background in computer science, I had relatively little real-world DBA experience. Someone gave me a shot in the form of an entry level job, for which I am grateful, but I also had to make the argument to him that I would figure out whatever I needed to do to be successful...(read more)

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• DTrace 0.3.1 for Linux ???

  - by katsumii

  ???Solaris DTrace??????????????Linux??? 3????????????????????????Project News: DTrace - oss.oracle.com2012.10.01: DTrace 0.3.1????????????????????????????????????????????????? DTrace update to 0.2 (Wim Coekaerts Blog)on Feb 22, 2012We just put an updated version of DTrace on ULN. This is version 0.2, another preview (hence the 0.x...) ?????????? DTrace Toolkit ???????????????????? ????????????????????????????Adam Leventhal's blog » DTrace OEL updatehoping some of the dtrace toolkit dtrace goodies would work??Oracle??? "Grid Infrastucure" ???????????????????????# Bin/rwbypid.d Tracing... Hit Ctrl-C to end. ^C PID CMD DIR COUNT 7211 rwbypid.d W 2 2401 cssdmonitor W 6 7007 sshd W 12 7007 sshd R 19 2082 ohasd.bin R 59 2084 ohasd.bin R 59 2202 evmd.bin W 152 2074 ohasd.bin W 1788 2230 evmd.bin R 3528 OS??????????Read/Write??????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????

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• A PASS Summit Blogger No More?

  - by andyleonard

  … unless there is a public apology. The day began with disappointment as PASS bloggers were warned to remain silent or “there won’t be a bloggers table next year.” This was in response to last year’s tweets and posts from the bloggers table that PASS and their sponsors found disagreeable. I disagreed with some of the opinions of my fellow bloggers last year and their communication style differs from mine. But I respect their right to express their opinions in their communication style. PASS seems...(read more)

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• Wait random number of minutes

  - by TiborKaraszi

  Why on earth would you want to do that? you ask. Say you have a job that is scheduled to start at the same time over a number of servers. This might be because you have an SQL Server Master/Target server environment (MSX/TSX) or you quite simply script a job and execute that script on several servers. You probably want to spread the load on your SAN and virtual machine host a bit. This is the exact reason I use this procedure. I frequently use MSX servers and I usually add a job step (executing this...(read more)

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• SqlLocalDb vs. Cumulative Updates

  - by AaronBertrand

  Last week I announced that SQL Server 2012 Cumulative Update #3 was released. A question came up about SqlLocalDb and I will try to address the current state of patching SqlLocalDb. Please keep in mind that these comments are only relevant to cumulative updates - I do not know whether this is all true for service packs. When SqlLocalDb was first released, there were a few ways to get it: - Visual Studio 2012 betas - SQL Server 2012 Express - From the standalone feature pack installer Now, at that...(read more)

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• T-SQL Tuesday #015:Remaining on Alert

  - by AllenMWhite

  This T-SQL Tuesday is about Automation in SQL Server, and I'll bet you think I'm going to talk about PowerShell. Well, you're partially right. What I'd like to talk about today, though, is setting up alerts to automate some responses to naturally occuring phenomena on your SQL Servers. (Note: I first introduced this technique in an article on Simple Talk here ). Without going back to the original article, I'm talking about a safety valve process for when your transaction logs start to fill at rates...(read more)

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• The way to the future - Hybrid systems

  - by BuckWoody

  I've written before (as have others) about the dangers of an "either/or" mentality with various technologies, including the "cloud". Companies are starting to understand this message - I've been traveling a lot this year from Alaska to California, from the UK to Copenhagen, Denmark, talking with companies that are implementing Hybrid systems, and giving presentations on how to implement one. I'm doing another of these Monday of next week, in Boston here in the US. You can read about it and register here (it's a free event) and learn not only more about Hybrid systems using on-premises databases and Windows Azure, but more about SQL Server as well from other speakers.

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• T-SQL Tuesday #015:Remaining on Alert

  - by AllenMWhite

  This T-SQL Tuesday is about Automation in SQL Server, and I'll bet you think I'm going to talk about PowerShell. Well, you're partially right. What I'd like to talk about today, though, is setting up alerts to automate some responses to naturally occuring phenomena on your SQL Servers. (Note: I first introduced this technique in an article on Simple Talk here ). Without going back to the original article, I'm talking about a safety valve process for when your transaction logs start to fill at rates...(read more)

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• Search Engine Optimization Crucial For Site Page Rank

  Search engine optimization is a process to drive traffic to your blog or sites. Search engines are the best way to give you the traffic that will boost your product sell. And as per the internet marketing is concern the search engine optimization is best way. The reward are numerous but the two that stand out are; you blog will rank higher and you will generate traffic directly proportional to higher selling of your product. For a long time now sitemaps have assisted online business people achieve webpage site optimization.

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• Build Your Personal Network

  - by AllenMWhite

  Recently a few people have approached me privately about their careers, and how they can make the changes to allow them to do the kind of work they'd like to do, be it consulting or in a full-time role. (In every case, I was flattered and surprised, as I never felt I had that much insight into career choices.) The most important thing, I told each of them, was to use the network of people you know. You will always be more successful finding opportunities through personal contacts than you will through...(read more)

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• Don't speak to the DBA while he/she is doing the job?!

  - by Uri Dimant

  Our DBA was very busy today, he helped out our developers to write efficient code,explained to the programmer how to launch the old DTS package on SQL Server 2005 and etc. You know how it is, someone comes in and asking the question and you answer the question at the same time you are busy to do something. So  today answering one of such questions he deleted by mistake very ctitical database. Fortunately, we had zero data loss,thanks to our backup/recovery strategy. I think that is acceptable to say that you are busy right now ,please ask the question later on, what do you think? How do you respond if someone asks you a queston while you are doing something on the server/database and etc.?   Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!

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• Do you have a data roadmap?

  - by BuckWoody

  I often visit companies where they asked me “What is SQL Server’s Roadmap?” What they mean is that they want to know where Microsoft is going with our database products. I explain that we’re expanding not only the capacities in SQL Server but the capabilities – we’re trying to make an “information platform”, rather than just a data store. But it’s interesting when I ask the same question back. “What is your data roadmap?” Most folks are surprised by the question, thinking only about storage and archival. To them, data is data. Ah, not so. Your data is one of the most valuable, if not the most valuable asset in your organization. And you should be thinking about how you’ll acquire it, how it will be distributed, how you’ll archive it (which includes more than just backing it up) and most importantly, how you’ll leverage it. Because it’s only when data becomes information that it is truly useful. to be sure, the folks on the web that collect lots of data have a strategy for it – do you? Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!

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• T-SQL Tuesday #014:I Hereby Resolve

  - by AllenMWhite

  It's another T-SQL Tuesday! Like many others, I really don't make New Year's Resolutions. They're too easy to forget about and it's too easy to "justify" why it just wasn't practical (and sometimes it's true.) That said, there are some things I'm working on changing for this year. Last year was the first full year for my new business venture, and it has been successful so far. I'm confident it's going to continue on this path, and we'll be doing even better this time next year. With that success...(read more)

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• SSIS is Case-Sensitive

  - by andyleonard

  Introduction SSIS is case-sensitive even if the database is case-insensitive. Imagine... ... you work in an ETL shop where someone who believes in natural keys won the Battle of the Joins. Imagine one of your natural keys is a string. (I know it's a stretch... play along!). Let's build some tables to sketch it out. If you do not have a TestDB database, why not? Build one! You'll use it often. Use TestDB go Create Table SSIS1 ( StrID char ( 5 ) , Name varchar ( 15 ) , Value int ) Insert Into SSIS1...(read more)

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• Scripts from my 24 Hours of PASS Presentation

  - by andyleonard

  Thanks to everyone who attended my 24 Hours of PASS Presentation earlier today! I've posted my scripts here - enjoy! :{> Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!...(read more)

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• Updated sp_indexinfo

  - by TiborKaraszi

  It was time to give sp_indexinfo some love. The procedure is meant to be the "ultimate" index information procedure, providing lots of information about all indexes in a database or all indexes for a certain table. Here is what I did in this update: Changed the second query that retrieves missing index information so it generates the index name (based on schema name, table name and column named - limited to 128 characters). Re-arranged and shortened column names to make output more compact and more...(read more)

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• When you’re on a high, start something big

  - by BuckWoody

  Most days are pretty average – we have some highs, some lows, and just regular old work to do. But some days the sun is shining, your co-workers are especially nice, and everything just falls into place. You really *enjoy* what you do. Don’t let that moment pass. All of us have “big” projects that we need to tackle. Things that are going to take a long time, and a lot of money. Those kinds of data projects take a LOT of planning, and many times we put that off just to get to the day’s work. I’ve found that the “high” moments are the perfect time to take on these big projects. I’m more focused, and more importantly, more positive. And as the quote goes, “whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re probably right.” You’ll find a way to make it happen if you’re in a positive mood. Now – having those “great days” is actually something you can influence, but I’ll save that topic for a future post. I have a project to work on. :) Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!

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