Setting Windows To Prefer IPv4 Over IPv6
This post is a bit different from my usual SQL Serer posts, I recently hit a problem where a legacy...
2018-05-03
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Gavin Draper
SQL Server Dedicated Admin Connection and Why You NEED It!
DAC or Dedicated Admin Connection is one of those things you don’t know you need until it’s too late.
What is...
2018-05-02
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SQL Server Advanced Aggregations Part 3 GROUPING/GROUPING_ID
This post is part 3 of a 3 part series…
Part 1 Grouping SetsPart 2 ROLLUP and CUBEPart 3 GROUPING and...
2018-05-01
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SQL Server Removing Outliers With Standard Deviation
When running aggregations for reporting in some situations outliers can throw out the numbers.
For example lets say we have a...
2018-04-30
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SQL Server Minimum Memory Setting
There is almost never a reason to set this setting unless you’re running other apps on the same server as...
2018-04-29
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SQL Server Advanced Aggregations Part 2 ROLLUP and CUBE
This post is part 2 of a 3 part series…
Part 1 Grouping SetsPart 2 ROLLUP and CUBEPart 3 GROUPING and...
2018-04-28
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SQL Server Advanced Aggregations Part 1 Grouping Sets
This post is part 1 of a 3 part series…
Part 1 Grouping SetsPart 2 ROLLUP and CUBEPart 3 GROUPING and...
2018-04-26
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SQL Server Nested Transactions Probably Don't Work How You Think
SQL Server allows you to nest multiple transactions but the results of doing so are completely not obvious.
Take the following...
2018-04-25
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SQL Server and Evil Greedy Data Types
In a recent post, I talked about SQL Server reads and how the data is stored in pages. One of...
2018-03-02
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What Do Read Counts On Your SQL Server Execution Plans Even Mean?
If you’ve ever spent any time looking at execution plans you will have almost definitely noticed all the read counts...
2018-02-27
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Blogs
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
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I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
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I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
Forums
Is it uncommon for Dev's to have a data model of the source data
This is a generic question. To the moderators, I wasn't sure where to place...
ROLLUP to calculate Month total for all Categories
Good Afternoon, I have built a table with four columns: Period(Month), Category, Numerator, Denominator....
Level 28: DAX Text Functions: The DAX Extract & Modify Functions: LEFT(), RIGHT(), MID(), REPLACE(), SUBSTITUTE()
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Level 28: DAX Text Functions:...
Question of the Day
Creating JSON I
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG( 'City':'Denver') GOSee possible answers