Tag Archives: DBA

Building a Teradata Object Catalog

Recently I was asked to provide an inventory of a production Teradata system that included a list of all user created objects and as much information about the objects that I could gather included perm space usage, row counts, and … Continue reading

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Teradata Routine Maintenance: Perm Space History

A user over at TeradataQuestions recently asked a if there was a table in Teradata that allowed you to track the growth of tables or databases over time. The short answer to this question was no. The data dictionary tables … Continue reading

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Sabatically Speaking

Recently, Tim Ford (@SQLAgentman) threw down a challenge to a few members of the SQL Server community. His challenge was called Give Me A Coconut and Six Months, what would you do professionally if you were stranded on a deserted island … Continue reading

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