A really simple bug with SSMS
If you’re a long time IT professional or an occasional user of high or even low tech software you’ll know...
2016-09-28
539 reads
Daniel Janik
Splitting CSV strings in SQL 2016
Up until SQL Server 2016, we had to write our own functions to split a CSV string into a table...
2016-09-15 (first published: 2016-09-08)
2,739 reads
Join me and Kalen Delaney today for 24HOP
I’m excited to be monitoring Kalen’s session on concurrency. The session is today and is titled “Locking, Blocking, Versions: Concurrency...
2016-09-07
348 reads
When should I use a CTE?
If I had a dollar for every CTE solution to a simple query in the forums (pick any SQL forum), I’d...
2016-08-27
774 reads
I’m speaking at SQL Saturday 563 in Dallas
This will be my second time speaking at SQL Saturday in Dallas. My first was last year and it was...
2016-08-25
437 reads
Using PowerShell to find Processor issues & more
One of the top three performance killers for SQL Server is lack of processing power. I’d say that it’s second...
2016-08-18 (first published: 2016-08-11)
2,151 reads
I’m speaking at SQL Saturday 553 in Oklahoma City
This will be my first time speaking in Oklahoma on 8/27 in Oklahoma City. I’ve been to several customers there...
2016-08-16
515 reads
Inside the mind of a c# developer
I’ve been working with SQL Server for 18 years and over that long span I’ve seen a lot of different...
2016-08-10
623 reads
Off-Topic: Phone number spoofing. Why is this still a thing?
A bit of history
Long ago there were such things called diverters. The phone company used them so employees could dial...
2016-07-29
906 reads
SQL Server 2016 FK operator bug?
I recently read an a blog on MSDN that covered new features for the query optimizer in SQL Server 2016....
2016-07-29 (first published: 2016-07-25)
2,031 reads
Blogs
Database AI Agents: The Read-Only Rule
By Arun Sirpal
Fourth in a series on Ai and databases. What Read-Only Advisory Actually Means A...
Creating a SQL Stored Procedure to Load a SCD2
By DataOnWheels
This is a blog that I am writing for future me and hopefully it’ll...
Funny Money: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
Forums
Backup Availability Group
Please I am hoping for some feedback Specifications: Windows Server 2022 SQL Server 2022...
How Do the Experts Become Experts?
Comments posted to this topic are about the item How Do the Experts Become...
Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments Level 4 – Preparing for Production Deployment
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments...
Question of the Day
Secure Communications
As of June 2026, what is the best version of TLS to use with SQL Server?
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