1. It greatly pleases me to announce, HAL0003!

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    November 23, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher

    I while back as part of a T-SQL Tuesday post I created HAL0001, then later HAL0002 with a long-term goal …
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  2. Reload a table quickly.

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    November 21, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher

    Sometimes loading new data or even changes into a table just isn’t going to work. You need a complete reload. …
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  3. SQLSkills waits and latches library

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    November 16, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher

    SQLSkills is an amazing resource for the SQL Server community. Between their blogs, white papers, and the SQLSkills Insider emails …
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  4. When was my index created or at least last updated?

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    November 14, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher

    SQL Server stores a create date and a change date for each object in the sys.objects system view. Unfortunately while …
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  5. Is it safe to grant Administer Bulk Operations?

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    November 10, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher

    First I guess we had best start with definitions right? The permission Administer Bulk Operations and the role bulkadmin are …
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  6. TSQL Tuesday #84: Zip to Speaker

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    November 8, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher

    Well, it’s that time of the month again. It’s T-SQL Tuesday yet again, and this time round it’s Andy Yun (b/t) …
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  7. New indexes, hypothetically

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    November 2, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher

    I saw something like this the other day. My first thought was “Hu, never seen that before.” My second thought …
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  8. The Halloween Problem

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    October 31, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher

    DBA: Help me! Help me! It’s Halloween! I have a problem! Oh won’t you please help me! Ok, so that’s …
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  9. It’s a small world

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    October 26, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher

    As I write this we are packing to leave for Disney World, where my family and I will spend close …
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  10. Synchronous vs Asynchronous

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    October 24, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher

    You’ll hear these terms thrown around in programming all the time, but what do they mean and why do we …
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