Community work
I have been really busy lately with articles, podcasts and so forth. Lately I have been working on 2 public...
2016-04-16
148 reads
Arun Sirpal
SQL Bite-Size Podcasts are live!
Well, after many late nights I have finally produced a set of podcasts – Bite size style – therefore called SQL Bite...
2016-03-27
278 reads
SQL Server Podcasts
Great news, I have decided to do some podcasts on the fundamentals of SQL Server, my aim is to help...
2016-03-23
391 reads
SQL Server articles
Between attending SQL SKILLS immersion events, trying out for the PFE role at Microsoft I have managed to write some...
2016-03-16
187 reads
Creating SQL databases on Azure Blob storage
Creating a database in SQL Server running in on-premises with a dedicated storage location for your data in Windows Azure Blob Storage.
2015-09-17
4,238 reads
An Extended Event script
I have been enjoying XE alot recently ( from following SQLSKILLS) so I decided to write something that I used recently...
2015-05-22
153 reads
Carving up CHECKDB
This is a technique that I am using from Paul Randal – concept of splitting CHECKDB: CHECKALLOC, CHECKCATALOG and CHECKTABLE – here...
2015-05-16
180 reads
Welcome to BlobEater
I am an IT Professional from the UK with a huge interest in MS technology especially SQL Server and Azure. During...
2015-03-25
309 reads
A Handy function
If you like learning about internals use the undocumented function to get the FileID:PageID of your table rows and use...
2015-03-03
172 reads
Timed SQL Server tracing
Have you ever wanted to start a SQL trace (server-side trace!) from SQL agent and let it stop after X minutes...
2015-02-07
248 reads
Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
can i use Rowversioncol ( in my database it's synonyme timestamp is used) to...
Radius Latitude Longitude
I have a table with latitude longitude in the format. 45.123456 , -111.123456 ,...
degree of parallelism
Team, I'm trying to figure out what will be the best recommendation to configure...
Question of the Day
A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
"All programs have a desire to be useful."Happy April Fools! See possible answers