YouTube Channel Update: 11 May 2018
I’ve been busy getting the videos up on YouTube. If they’re helpful to you, please subscribe. Some point soon I’ll...
2018-05-11
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Grant Fritchey
- Twitter: @https://twitter.com/gfritchey
- Website: https://scarydba.com
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Automating Automatic Indexing in Azure SQL Database
I’ve been in love with the concept of a database as a service ever since I first laid eyes on...
2018-05-07 (first published: 2018-04-30)
1,941 reads
YouTube Channel Update: 27 April 2018
Despite a hiccup recently on Twitter where I managed to spam all my followers with links to my YouTube videos...
2018-04-27
469 reads
Execution Plan Shortcoming in Extended Events
I use Extended Events almost exclusively for capturing query metrics. They are the most consistent and lowest cost mechanism for...
2018-04-26 (first published: 2018-04-16)
1,667 reads
Presentation Tools
Let’s face it, the core of a presentation is you. Your knowledge and your ability to share that knowledge through...
2018-04-23
297 reads
GDPR, Database Backups, and the Right to be Forgotten
I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating, there is no cause for any kind of panic when it comes...
2018-04-20 (first published: 2018-04-09)
3,437 reads
Desperation on the Forums
Grant talks about the challenges of helping people in online forums and getting them to learn rather than grab the first solution.
2018-04-16
142 reads
Privacy and Protection, By Design
With all the noise about the upcoming enforcement of GDPR, I know that people are starting to focus more on...
2018-04-11
435 reads
Buggy Whips 2.0
I recently found myself rereading a very old blog post of mine, from the very beginning of this blog, discussing...
2018-04-02
276 reads
YouTube Channel Update: March 30, 2018
Hey everyone!
Here’s the latest stuff on my new YouTube Channel. Please let me know if these videos are helpful. Also,...
2018-03-30
391 reads
Blogs
Advice I Like: Rewards from Work
By Steve Jones
The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has words for. If...
Overcoming Challenges: Navigating Common Pitfalls in FinOps Adoption
By HeyMo0sh
Working in DevOps, I’ve seen FinOps do amazing things for cloud cost control, but...
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
Analysis Services Model w/ Direct Query and (Default Veritpaq)
Analysis Services (either the integrated workspace in Power BI or on a SQL Server)...
Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences IV
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can be used with numeric and decimal data types?
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