Looking Forward
2018 has come and gone. And we’re on a new year once again. This is another opportunity for a new...
2019-01-04
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2018 has come and gone. And we’re on a new year once again. This is another opportunity for a new...
2019-01-04
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More and more tools are becoming available for data analysts and data scientists. These tools provide convenience and lower the bar...
2019-01-03 (first published: 2018-12-22)
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It has been a busy year so far. Last March, I did a review, as a Technical Reviewer, for a...
2018-11-02
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SQL Server 2017 In-Database Machine learning has brought the analytics closer to the data. It is now convenient to do...
2018-04-11
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Creating a bar graph with R in SQL Server 2017 is relatively easy. It’s just a matter of finding the correct...
2018-04-05 (first published: 2018-04-03)
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As a SQL Server pro, I spend most of my productive time in the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). I...
2018-04-04 (first published: 2018-03-27)
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Prior to SQL Server 2016, running R on Microsoft platform required an installation of the R Language and its environment...
2018-03-22 (first published: 2018-03-13)
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Installing R packages in SQL Server 2017 is a breeze with the stored procedure sp_execute_external_script. But so far, it is limited...
2018-03-20
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Disclaimer: I’m one of the Technical Reviewers for this book.
With the rising demand for cloud computing and wide adaptation of...
2018-03-19 (first published: 2018-03-06)
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Killing a SPID shouldn’t be complicated. Execute the command KILL [SPID] and that should kill the session. But there are situations...
2018-03-06 (first published: 2018-02-20)
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By Steve Jones
The PASS Summit goes on tour this year, with a September stop in Dallas....
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Settings That Could Be Hurting Your Performance If you’ve ever created a new SQL...
I needed to run a PowerShell cmdlet in an Azure Devops pipeline. The cmdlet...
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You're analyzing a query execution plan in SQL Server to determine whether the query optimizer chose to use a primary key index. Which Dynamic Management View (DMV) would you use to verify the usage of the primary key in the plan?
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