Why I Love SQLBits
Last week I attended SQLBits 2016 in Liverpool. I had such a great time, and I would like to share...
2016-05-08
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Last week I attended SQLBits 2016 in Liverpool. I had such a great time, and I would like to share...
2016-05-08
1,230 reads
Last week I attended SQLBits 2016 in Liverpool. I had such a great time, and I would like to share...
2016-05-08
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Suppose you have a partition function and a corresponding partition scheme in SQL Server. The partition scheme maps each partition...
2016-05-05 (first published: 2016-04-25)
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Yesterday I presented my favorite session “How to Use Parameters Like a Pro and Boost Performance” in the DBA Fundamentals...
2016-03-01
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Last Thursday I presented my session “From XML to JSON” in the Application Development PASS Virtual Chapter. The session is...
2016-02-28
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So you’ve been working as a DBA or a BI developer for several years now. You know your stuff very...
2016-02-21
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Few days ago (28/12) I delivered a full-day seminar about Hadoop Fundamentals. It was part of the Expert Days 2015...
2015-12-30
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One of our customers has recently asked me the following question (I changed just the business case):
The Problem
“I have a...
2015-12-22
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Have you heard about Hadoop, but never really understood what it’s all about?
Do you need to learn about Hadoop, either...
2015-12-14 (first published: 2015-12-10)
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Today we had a full-day event in Microsoft about the data offerings and possibilities in the Microsoft cloud platform – Azure....
2015-11-19
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By HeyMo0sh
As someone who works in DevOps, I’m always focused on creating systems that are...
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
Hi everyone I asked this earlier but the desired outcome is a bit different...
Hi, I have a SQL Server instance where users connect to via Windows Authentication,...
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I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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