sp_updatestats Is Not Smart
No, I don’t mean the use of sp_updatestats is not smart. It’s a fine, quick mechanism for getting statistics updated...
2014-03-11
1,123 reads
Grant Fritchey
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An Integrated Process for Software Delivery.
Developers, enamored of the integrated approach to Software Delivery, would like to be able to respond to business need in business time, adding functionality when the need is recognized, instead of 6-9 months later after it's gone through the sclerotic IT purchasing and configuration process.
2014-03-10
91 reads
Speaker of the Month, March 2014
This never gets easier. I was able to attend a bunch of sessions in the last month from a number...
2014-03-07
874 reads
Approachable? Sometimes.
Deservedly so, I got called out for a bit of attitude I displayed in a recent blog post: Time for...
2014-03-06 (first published: 2014-02-25)
1,846 reads
SQL Intersection, Spring 2014
I am terribly jazzed to be involved with this amazing event, SQL Intersection. It’s featuring some truly amazing speakers presenting...
2014-03-04 (first published: 2014-02-26)
1,634 reads
Let’s Talk Query Tuning
I spend quite a bit of time writing about query tuning on this blog. I’ve written (re-written and am actively...
2014-02-27
1,285 reads
The CASE Statement and Performance
In case you don’t know, this query:
UPDATE dbo.Test1
SET C2 = 2
WHERE C1 LIKE '%33%';Will run quite a bit slower than this...
2014-02-25 (first published: 2014-02-18)
6,544 reads
SQL Server 2014 and the New Cardinality Estimator
Cardinality, basically the number of rows being processed by an operation with the optimizer, is a calculation predicated on the...
2014-02-12
1,172 reads
Book Review: The Phoenix Project
Let’s get this straight right up front, the thought of reading a novel that’s about IT is so repellent, so...
2014-02-11 (first published: 2014-02-05)
1,933 reads
Speaker of the Month, February 2014
I didn’t get out to many events in January, so I was somewhat limited in the pool of presenters that...
2014-02-07
710 reads
Blogs
Getting the SQL Server MCP Server Running
By Steve Jones
If you’ve wanted a SQL Server MCP server for your databases, it’s available. The...
Introducing azsql-migration-test: Test and Validate Azure SQL Database Migrations
Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against...
Rambling about Data on Wheels – origins, branding, expansion
By DataOnWheels
I have been asked many times about how the name “Data on Wheels” came...
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits III
On SQL Server 2025, does DBCC CHECKDB support Memory-Optimized tables?
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