Coming in the next beta of the Database Health Report is a new feature called the Historic Reports which installs a small database to track database statistics over time.  This has an extremely light load on the overall database performance, …

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There are so many cool tools available today for data visualization.   This posting covers pulling data from the AdventureWorks2012 database running on SQL Server 2012, and then using the Google Visualization tools to display geographic data. The final outcome …

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I just found out that two of the sessions that I proposed for SQL Saturday #166 in Olympia next month have been accepted.  These presentations are: Exploring TSQL Enhancements in SQL Server 2012 Unleashing Common Table Expressions in SQL Server These are …

2 Sessions Accepted for SQL Saturday 166 in Olympia Next Month. Read more »