The Scientific Method: a call to action
Gail Shaw issues a rallying call for the SQL Community to adopt the Scientific Method when investigating and reporting on SQL Server behavior.
2019-09-09 (first published: 2015-05-25)
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Gail Shaw
The Number that shouldn't be a number
Gail Shaw is often left bewildered by the weird and wonderful data types people choose for their tables, when storing something as simple as a telephone number or a date.
2018-12-13 (first published: 2015-02-02)
468 reads
A rant about presentations
My company’s internal conference is in a couple of weeks, so this seems like a good time to have a...
2018-05-04 (first published: 2018-04-24)
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Revisiting catch-all queries
I originally wrote about catch-all queries early in 2009, just as something that I’d seen several times in client code....
2018-03-26 (first published: 2018-03-13)
3,237 reads
Obsessing over query operator costs
A common problem when looking at execution plans is attributing too much meaning and value of the costs of operators.
The...
2018-02-22 (first published: 2018-02-13)
2,116 reads
Query Performance Tuning – A Methodical Approach
Learn how to approach performance tuning in this piece from SQL Server MCM and MVP, Gail Shaw.
2017-02-10 (first published: 2015-06-08)
16,097 reads
Books of 2016
I set myself a reading goal of 75 books for last year, and managed 73. I’m not overly happy about...
2017-01-03
482 reads
Books of 2016
I set myself a reading goal of 75 books for last year, and managed 73. I’m not overly happy about...
2017-01-03
149 reads
What is a SARGable predicate?
‘SARGable’ is a weird term. It gets bandied around a lot when talking about indexes and whether queries can seek...
2016-09-13
938 reads
What is a SARGable predicate?
‘SARGable’ is a weird term. It gets bandied around a lot when talking about indexes and whether queries can seek...
2016-09-13
158 reads
Blogs
Reviewing 2019 Career Goals
By Steve Jones
According to this post, I rate 2019 as a Failure. Of the books I...
ASF 029: Tomaz Kastrun interview
By Kamil
Introduction Tomaž Kastrun is BI & DEV developer, data analyst & data science. With...
Schema Filtering in SQL Prompt
By Steve Jones
I love SQL Prompt, and I’m regularly impressed by the enhancements our teams continue...
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