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		<title>Convert xml query plan to graphical query plan.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In SQL 2005 you can get an XML version of a query plan by running select * from sys.dm_exec_query_plan(plan_handle). You can convert this XML file into a graphical query plan. Simply save the file with an extension of .sqlplan. If you currently have query plans saved as XML files, simply rename them to .sqlplan and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stanleyjohns.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7187679&amp;post=448&amp;subd=stanleyjohns&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SQL server code names.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are passionate about SQL server then it is fine to be a bit geeky and know the code names for the different SQL server releases. Here is the list: Sphinx[65] SQL Server 7.0 Yukon SQL Server 2005[66] (Version 9) Katmai / Akadia SQL Server 2008[67][66] (Version 10) Kilimanjaro SQL Server 2008R2 (Version 10.5) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stanleyjohns.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7187679&amp;post=445&amp;subd=stanleyjohns&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Time values different for audit logs.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was working with SQL server audits and built a server audit and server audit specification. When viewing the logs, I noticed that the time of the events in the logs showed as 15:30 (3:30 PM) while the time on my server was only 10:30. I ran select GETDATE() and that showed the local time [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stanleyjohns.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7187679&amp;post=439&amp;subd=stanleyjohns&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reading the transaction log using fn_dblog and fn_dump_dblog.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stanleyjohns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The two undocumented functions fn_dblog and fn_dump_dblog can be used to get some insight into the transaction logs. Fn_dblog can be used to read the active portion of the transaction log and fb_dump_dblog can also read a transaction log backup file. Fn_dblog is somewhat like a detailed version of the DBCC loginfo command. Since these [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stanleyjohns.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7187679&amp;post=435&amp;subd=stanleyjohns&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Logman for performance data collection.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While experimenting with Extended events, I ran across a tool call Logman that ships with windows. Another similar tool is Tracerpt (which I want to test out later). As per technet: Logman creates and manages Event Trace Session and Performance logs and supports many functions of Performance Monitor from the command line. This tool can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stanleyjohns.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7187679&amp;post=427&amp;subd=stanleyjohns&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Geekbench benchmarking.</title>
		<link>http://stanleyjohns.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/geekbench-benchmarking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Geekbench is a good tool to benchmark your SQL server and put a number to it. The benchmark process is very quick and easy. Here is what I did: Go to the URL (http://www.primatelabs.ca/geekbench/) to download the setup file. I downloaded the free version which works on 32 bit systems. For 64 bit systems, a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stanleyjohns.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7187679&amp;post=422&amp;subd=stanleyjohns&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Catalogs vs DMVs. What is the difference?</title>
		<link>http://stanleyjohns.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/catalogs-vs-dmvs-what-is-the-difference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it a catalog or a DMV. I have seen some posts that have used it interchangeably.  So what is the true difference? Apparently there is: catalogs get data from [hidden] tables and DMVs get their data from views and internal functions. So catalogs read from disk and DMVs read from memory. This also goes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stanleyjohns.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7187679&amp;post=419&amp;subd=stanleyjohns&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas and a happy new year.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wishing everyone a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Tagged: rants<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stanleyjohns.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7187679&amp;post=416&amp;subd=stanleyjohns&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Checking Database consistency.</title>
		<link>http://stanleyjohns.wordpress.com/2011/11/18/checking-database-consistency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stanleyjohns.wordpress.com/?p=414</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are times when troubleshooting issues where the application cannot connect to the DB: I log into the server and  everything seems fine, from the DB side.  In the intensity of troubleshooting, suggestions from users may fly like: how do we know if the DB is not corrupt. This is where DBCC comes in. DBCC [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stanleyjohns.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7187679&amp;post=414&amp;subd=stanleyjohns&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>External hosts connecting to SQL server.</title>
		<link>http://stanleyjohns.wordpress.com/2011/11/07/external-hosts-connecting-to-sql-server/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The  sys.dm_os_hosts DMV can be used to track the resources used by hosts external to the SQL Server executable. SQL allows these hosts to allocate memory and participate in non-preemptive scheduling. The hosts can be one of the following SOSHOST_CLIENTID_SERVERSNI= SQL Server Native Interface SOSHOST_CLIENTID_SQLOLEDB = SQL Server Native Client OLE DB Provider SOSHOST_CLIENTID_MSDART = Microsoft [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stanleyjohns.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7187679&amp;post=411&amp;subd=stanleyjohns&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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