SQL In The City: Seattle
If you missed all the great speakers on the five city tour of SQL in the City, don’t despair. Many...
2012-10-17
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Grant Fritchey
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Why Tune Queries?
It’s just a query against the database. If things are running slow, buy some more memory, a faster CPU or...
2012-10-17 (first published: 2012-10-15)
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RML Utilities and SQL Server 2012
I’m working through some code that I haven’t touched recently and I’m running it for the first time on a...
2012-10-16
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Interviewing a DBA
I’m not a fan of trivia style interview questions. Yes, I ask a few because you have to in order...
2012-09-26 (first published: 2012-09-24)
3,350 reads
PASS Elections 2012
Yeah, it’s that time again. And we have a magnificent slate of people running. I mean truly amazing and wonderful...
2012-09-21
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Conference in Florida: SQL Server Live
This conference is new to me. In case it’s new to you, I thought I’d take a moment to point...
2012-09-14
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SSC Clinic: Finding the rogue query
When you're getting spikes of high CPU, it's quite likely it's a rogue query. But how do you find out which query? Grant Fritchey explains, using SQL Monitor.
2012-09-13
6,234 reads
SQL Server vs. Oracle
Just so we’re clear, I use SQL Server. I like SQL Server. But, this doesn’t mean I have anything against...
2012-09-07
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Please, Call Me Richard
I presented a session at the SQL Saturday event in Oklahoma City last weekend. The event itself was pretty good....
2012-08-28
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These People Are Exceptional
I should know. I was one of the judges of this year’s Exceptional DBA of the Year award. I had...
2012-08-28
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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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