Network Issue or THREADPOOL waits?
Tara Kizer talks identifying THREADPOOL waits and what you can do about them.
2018-01-30
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Articles
Critical SQL Server Patches for Meltdown and Spectre
Everyone needs to learn about these hardware bugs and apply patches as soon as possible.
2018-01-29 (first published: 2018-01-05)
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Sending table form HTML emails from a SQL Server database engine
The solution which helps to smiplify delivery of a table content in the HTML form using Database mail
2018-01-29
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SQL Server Machine Learning Services – Part 3: Plotting Data with Python
One of the advantages of running Python from SQL Server is the ability to create graphics to assist in analysis of data. Robert Sheldon demonstrates matplotlib, a 2D plotting library, widely used with Python to create quality charts.
2018-01-29
3,463 reads
2018-01-26 (first published: 2015-10-15)
7,177 reads
Azure DWH part 24: Elastic queries
This article will explain what is an elastic query and show an example.
2018-01-23
3,350 reads
Automatic Database Seeding
Set up and use the automatic databases seeding feature for Availability Groups.
2018-01-22
8,581 reads
It's an Exciting Time
I read a lot of history (as you no doubt notice from my other editorials). I’m currently reading an excellent book on the air war in World War One, Marked for Death: The First War in the Air. One of the fascinating aspects of the war is just how fast the technology shifted. At the […]
2018-01-22
39 reads
Formatted ASCII Results from a SELECT
Generate aligned output from SELECT statement for code comments using a simple stored procedure.
2018-01-18
3,213 reads
Disk Encryption and The Impact to DBAs
As security threats proliferate, the need for encryption will continue to rise. We who are the Guardians of the Data must be ready to make SQL Server respond and to manage the performance issues that are inherent in every data encryption solution.
2018-01-16
4,498 reads
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Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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