Wait Statistics in Azure SQL Database
You need to be aware that you’re going to see differences when you’re working with Azure SQL Database when it...
2016-03-07 (first published: 2016-02-29)
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Grant Fritchey
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Speaker of the Month: March 2016
I’m finally getting back out to community events so I should be able to avoid giving this gigantic honor to professional...
2016-03-04
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Query Store and Recompile
One of the many advantages of SQL Cruise is the ability to have enough time during a presentation to be...
2016-02-24
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Why Is The Server Slow?
This is blog post #2 in support of Tim Ford’s (b|t) #iwanttohelp, #entrylevel.
If you haven’t been working in SQL Server for very...
2016-02-24 (first published: 2016-02-22)
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Azure SQL Database Error
I was on SQL Cruise where I was scheduled to present a session on Azure SQL Database. I recorded all...
2016-02-18
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Loading Data into Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Ouch.
Let’s start with the level set. I’m not an ETL expert. In fact, I haven’t done any professional ETL work...
2016-02-15
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Speaker of the Month: February 2016
I’ve been a little remiss on this. I just haven’t been getting out to see people speak for a while...
2016-02-12
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Positivity
I’m sitting in the classroom of SQL Cruise listening to Tim Ford (b|t) explain mechanisms for monitoring indexes. It’s a...
2016-02-04
555 reads
Finding Your Query in Query Store
Query Store is pretty amazing. I’m loving working with it. I think it’s likely to change how query tuning will...
2016-02-01 (first published: 2016-01-25)
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Learning R: Happy With My Book Choice
This is just a quick update. I wrote about the two books I’m using to learn R. Well, I’m extremely...
2016-02-01
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