Matteo Lorini

Matteo Lorini
Matteo Lorini is a DBA and has been working in IT since 1993. He specializes in SQL Server and also has knowledge of MySQL.

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My name is Matteo and I am currently a DBA for one of the largest global electronic payment service providers in the US. I have been working in IT since I graduate from college back in 1993. I have a masters degree in Computer Science, and I am specialized in MSSQL, and have a good working knowledge of MySQL as well.
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Auditing and Compliance Steps to restore a database that has a SQL Server Audit defined
Compression SQL Server Compressed Backups Disk Space Needs
Database Administration How to use the SQL Server sys.fn_PhysLocFormatter undocumented function
Database Administration SQL Server does not reclaim space used when inserts fail
Database Administration SQL Server Lazy Writer Issue Warning No Free Buffers Found
Database Mirroring SQL Server Database Mirroring Breaks if Endpoint Owner is Deleted
DBA Best Practices Getting started with source control for SQL Server
DBA Best Practices Using Source Control with SQL Server Management Studio
Disaster Recovery Rebuilding SQL Server on different hardware after a failure
Dynamic Management Views and Functions SQL Server Monitoring Scripts with the DMVs
Encryption How to simulate transparent data encryption TDE with SQL 2000 and 2005
Functions User Defined UDF Valid Email Address Check with TSQL
Import and Export Export SQL Server Tables to Excel
Install and Uninstall Quick Start Guide for Data Science with SQL Server and R Services
Linked Servers How to create a SQL Server link server to IBM DB2
Master Data Services Master Data Services Versions and Views for SQL Server
Microsoft Excel Integration How to Export Data from SQL Server to Excel
Microsoft Excel Integration Load Excel Data Into SQL Server
Other Database Platforms Import and Export Data between SQL Server and Cognos TM1 Cube
Other Database Platforms Microsoft SQL Server vs. MySQL
Performance Data Warehouse Create Custom Data Collections for SQL Server Data Management Warehouse
Performance Tuning A closer look at CXPACKET wait type in SQL Server
Performance Tuning How to create a SQL Server Clone Statistics Only Database
Performance Tuning Improving SQL Server performance when using table variables
Performance Tuning Interesting example of statistics and index usage on a SQL Server computed column
Performance Tuning Perfmon Counters to Identify SQL Server Disk Bottlenecks
Performance Tuning Performance Advantages of SQL Server Filtered Statistics
Performance Tuning Speed up SQL Server queries with PREFETCH
Performance Tuning SQL Server 2008 64bit Query Optimization Trick
Performance Tuning Tool to help you analyze SQL Server SQLDIAG and PSSDIAG output
Performance Tuning Trick to Optimize TOP clause in SQL Server
Policy Based Management Internal SQL Server Certificates have expired is this an issue
R Language Create SQL Server Graphics with ggplot2 and R Services
R Language Data Structures in R including Vector, Matrix, Array, List, and Data Frame
R Language How to Create a R Function in SQL Server
R Language Import Data from PDF to SQL Server
R Language R Functions and Operators in SQL Server
R Language sqldf in R Example for SQL Server
R Language Stored Procedure in SQL Server with R Code
R Language Subset in R including List, Data Frame, Matrix and Vector
Replication SQL Server snapshot replication fails when importing data from the distributor
Security SQL Server separation of duties
SQL Server Configurations Determine which version of SQL Server data access driver is used by an application
SQL Server Configurations Troubleshooting SQL Distributed Transactions (Part 2 of 2)
SQL Server Configurations Troubleshooting SQL Server Distributed Transactions (Part 1 of 2)
SQL Server Configurations What MAXDOP setting should be used for SQL Server
SQL Server Management Studio How to use a Project in SQL Server Management Studio
System Databases SQL Server tempdb one or multiple data files
TSQL Easy way to compare SQL Server table schemas
TSQL Standardize SQL Server T-SQL Code Formatting
Upgrades and Migrations How to Recover from a SQL Server Service Pack 3 Install Error
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