Run For the PASS Board
When the word comes around for elections to the PASS Board, are you one of those people who, even in...
2016-08-22
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Grant Fritchey
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Updates to Azure Data Platform Learning Resources
I’m acting as the curator to a list of Azure Data Platform Learning Resources. It’s speakers and teachers, blogs, articles...
2016-08-17
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Azure SQL Database For Your First Database
This is post 8 supporting Tim Ford’s (b|t) initiative on #iwanttohelp, #entrylevel. Read about it here.
In post #6, I talked about...
2016-08-15 (first published: 2016-08-09)
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There Is No Difference Between Table Variables, Temporary Tables and Common Table Expressions
I actually saw the above statement posted online. The person making the claim further stated that choosing between these three constructs was “personal...
2016-08-01
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Monitor Query Performance
Blog post #7 in support of Tim Ford’s (b|t) #iwanttohelp, #entrylevel. Read about it here.
Sooner or later when you’re working...
2016-07-28 (first published: 2016-07-25)
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Common Table Expression, Just a Name
The Common Table Expression (CTE) is a great tool in T-SQL. The CTE provides a mechanism to define a query that...
2016-07-21 (first published: 2016-07-18)
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Same Query, Different Servers, Different Performance. Now What?
Based on the number of times I see this question on forums, it must be occurring all the time. You...
2016-07-19 (first published: 2016-07-11)
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CASE Statement in GROUP BY
Set based operations means you should put everything into a single statement, right?
Well, not really. People seem to think that...
2016-07-06 (first published: 2016-06-28)
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Carpenters vs. DBAs
Let’s get the caveat out of the way up front, I work for a tool vendor.
If you look around at...
2016-07-05
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SQL Server 2016 is Out and It's Fabulous!
On the First of June, SQL Server 2016 was officially released. While it is still early days to measure the full impact of the release, the one thing that is exceedingly clear is that this is a very successful software release. There have been very few complaints online beyond the standard heard during any upgrade: […]
2016-06-27
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Fun with Images
By Steve Jones
We’ve celebrated our birthday many times at Redgate. In the Book of Redgate –...
Why companies use Palantir and how we help implement it in the Czech Republic
Discover how Palantir connects enterprise data, supports AI-driven decision-making and helps companies turn insights...
Why companies use Palantir and how we help implement it in the Czech Republic
Palantir is an American software platform that brings together business data from different sources...
Forums
Pay for Performance
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My PASS Summit West 2026
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Packing and Decoding Device Status Codes with LEFT_SHIFT() and RIGHT_SHIFT() in SQL Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Packing and Decoding Device Status...
Question of the Day
SQL Server Audit Failures
If I have a SQL Server Server Audit setup, what are my options for configuring the instance in the event it can't write to the audit log?
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