Execution Plans on Azure SQL Database Portal
If you’ve been working with the Azure SQL Database portal, you know that you have a query window. Within the...
2013-01-16 (first published: 2013-01-14)
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Grant Fritchey
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You Can Say “No”
I heard about this new law that was passed to prevent employers from asking for your social media passwords. After...
2013-01-16
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How to write a custom metric
You can extend SQL Monitor to track whatever you need to watch on your own system with custom metrics. Grant Fritchey shows us how.
2013-01-15
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2008 Index Fragmentation Maintenance
Just a stab at automating index maintainenance in SQL Server 2008
2013-01-11 (first published: 2008-11-07)
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Statistics Update Clarification
By default statistics are created automatically within SQL Server. And, by default, these stats are updated automatically based on a...
2013-01-11 (first published: 2013-01-07)
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Plans for 2013
I have lists. Lots of lists. I even have them in different locations sometimes. Some of them are carefully written...
2013-01-09
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SQLBits Public Sessions
If you’re over in the UK, or close to it, you’ve probably heard of SQL Bits even if you haven’t...
2013-01-07 (first published: 2013-01-03)
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The Surface Meta-App
Just a quick little blog post about one more app you’re going to want to track down for your Surface....
2012-12-12
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Microsoft Surface: Top Apps… So Far
After living with the Surface for a month and trying hard to make it work as a tool for production,...
2012-12-06
1,761 reads
Experimenting with Social Media
After multiple talks with Jason Strate (blog|twitter) and Denny Cherry (blog|twitter) about how they are working on automating more of...
2012-12-05
1,134 reads
Blogs
A New Word: Dorgone
By Steve Jones
dorgone– adj. wondering if you could slip away from an event or group conversation...
Tell It Once: Setting Up Claude With Skills and MCP Servers
By ReviewMyDB
Many of us use AI the same way every single day. Open a tab....
SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident
By SQLPals
SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident SQL...
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Hyperscale Replicas II
How many Azure SQL DB Hyperscale HA replicas can be configured as of Sept 2026?
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