I’ll be speaking for the SQL PASS Database Administration Virtual Chapter today at 12 PM Eastern time. The topic will be Using XML to Query Execution Plans. The abstract for the event is the following: SQL Server stores its execution plans as XML in dynamic management views. The execution plans are a gold mine of … Continue reading Webcast Today – Using XML to Query Execution Plans
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Webcast Next Week – Using XML to Query Execution Plans
I’ll be speaking for the SQL PASS Database Administration Virtual Chapter next week. It’ll be on July 28 at 12 PM Eastern time. The topic will be Using XML to Query Execution Plans. The abstract for the event is the following: SQL Server stores its execution plans as XML in dynamic management views. The execution … Continue reading Webcast Next Week – Using XML to Query Execution Plans
Webcast Today – Performance Impacts Related to Different Function Types
I’ll be speaking for the SQL PASS Performance Virtual Chapter later today starting at 12 PM Eastern time. The topic will be Performance Impacts Related to Different Function Types. The abstract for the event is the following: User defined functions provide a means to encapsulate business logic in the database tier. Often the purpose of … Continue reading Webcast Today – Performance Impacts Related to Different Function Types
Webcast Next Week – Performance Impacts Related to Different Function Types
I’ll be speaking for the SQL PASS Performance Virtual Chapter next week. It’ll be on July 6 at 12 PM Eastern time. The topic will be Performance Impacts Related to Different Function Types. The abstract for the event is the following: User defined functions provide a means to encapsulate business logic in the database tier. … Continue reading Webcast Next Week – Performance Impacts Related to Different Function Types
Semaphore Timeout Did What?
Last week I had a blog about getting better error messages out of SQL Agent Jobs. In that blog I had encountered the following error message: Error: 2010-06-23 19:00:30.68 Code: 0×00000000 Source: Execute SQL Task Description: TCP Provider: The semaphore timeout period has expired. End Error The downside is that I don’t have a good … Continue reading Semaphore Timeout Did What?
Why’d That Job Fail?
Have you ever had a SQL Agent Job fail? Of course, just like myself, you have had this happen. When SQL Agent jobs fail, you will want to know why it failed. The problem is that knowing why a SQL Server Agent job has failed can sometimes be a tricky bit of business. The typical … Continue reading Why’d That Job Fail?
Do You Patch SQL Server Regularily?
Microsoft has released a few new Cumulaive Update for SQL Server. There is an update for each of the supported releases of SQL Server: Cumulative update package 10 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 Cumulative update package 8 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 Cumulative Update package 2 for SQL Server 2008 R2 … Continue reading Do You Patch SQL Server Regularily?
Index Those Foreign Keys
Today started with some quality time getting to know a deadlock that had occurred. While working through the deadlock, I noticed that there were a number of foreign key relationships that weren't indexed on the parent side of the relationship. I am going to skip over the why to index foreign keys and save that … Continue reading Index Those Foreign Keys
Doing Something About Auto Generated Names
I like my name. It provides a point of reference to who I am. If I am at work and someone calls for “Jason Strate”… that’s me. If I am at home, the same thing can happen and I still know that it’s me. I know that no matter where I am, my name will … Continue reading Doing Something About Auto Generated Names
TechFuse Presentation and Speaker Rankings
Last week I spoke at TechFuse 2010 and my topic was Getting to Know Your Indexes. I thought I’d throw up a link to the presentation materials from the event. TechFuse was a lot of fun and I got to spend some time chatting with Dan English (twitter | blog) and Lara Rubbelke (twitter | … Continue reading TechFuse Presentation and Speaker Rankings
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