Learning, Networking & Wine
Let’s say, you want to spend a couple of days learning about SQL Server. You also want to spend some...
2012-02-01
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Grant Fritchey
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Tech on Tap v1.1 Wrap-up
The first ever Tech on Tap event was held on Saturday, January 27th, 2012 at the Stone Cellar Brewpub in...
2012-01-31
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Execution Plans, What Do I Look At?
The question came up, what are the top 3-5 things that you look at in a query. I realized then...
2012-01-30
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Deadlock Monitoring
There are four different ways you can get information about deadlocks in your system. These are:
traceflag 1204traceflag 1222trace eventsextended eventsFor...
2012-01-27 (first published: 2012-01-23)
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Stop PIPA & SOPA
I’m not going to black out my blog, because, let’s face it, who’s going to notice? But for all six...
2012-01-18
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Database Backups: Things You Need To Do Now
I want to say a few things about database backups that you need to know.
Wait a minute, haven’t you written...
2012-01-16 (first published: 2012-01-11)
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Friday SQL Nugget #1
Gee thanks Jes (blog|twitter). Just what I wanted, a little extra work on a Friday afternoon. I used to like...
2012-01-13
1,435 reads
PASS Summit 2012 Evaluation Results
I say it all the time because it’s worth repeating, feedback is a gift. Good, bad or indifferent (well, not...
2011-12-19
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SQL Saturday #104: Colorado Springs
I’ll be presenting at the Colorado Springs SQL Saturday on January 7th of 2012. The session is called Seven Ways...
2011-12-14
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Changes to SQL Server 2012 Execution Plans
I’ve been working with execution plans quite a lot in SQL Server 2012. There are a number of changes, most of them associated with new or different functionality. I had not noticed anything really fundamental until recently. I’ve become a huge proponent of always checking the properties of the SELECT statement. There’s so much useful information in there about what’s happened with the plan generation in the optimizer (not low level stuff, but the big picture items) that you should always be checking it first as a fundamental part of your plan examinations.
2011-12-14
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Blogs
Advice I Like: Rewards from Work
By Steve Jones
The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has words for. If...
Overcoming Challenges: Navigating Common Pitfalls in FinOps Adoption
By HeyMo0sh
Working in DevOps, I’ve seen FinOps do amazing things for cloud cost control, but...
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
Analysis Services Model w/ Direct Query and (Default Veritpaq)
Analysis Services (either the integrated workspace in Power BI or on a SQL Server)...
Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences IV
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can be used with numeric and decimal data types?
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