Sort – Is it Really a Blocking Iterator?
SQL Server has two types of execution plan iterators: Blocking and Non-Blocking.
A non-blocking iterator gets rows in and sends rows...
2014-10-30
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Track My Query Utility
Were you ever in a situation where you ran a query, it ran for a long time and you didn’t...
2014-10-06 (first published: 2014-10-01)
7,559 reads
How to Make Sure Your Clients Can Connect to a Multi-Subnet Cluster
When you set up a multi-subnet cluster, whether it’s a Failover Cluster Instance or an Availability Group, you need to...
2014-09-29
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My SQLBits Session Recordings
Last month, I had the pleasure of presenting two of my favorite sessions at the SQLBits conference in Telford, UK.
A few days...
2014-08-28
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Announcing SQL Server Radio – English Edition!
About a year and a half ago, I approached Guy and asked him if he wanted to start a podcast...
2014-08-14
1,398 reads
The Real Reason You Should Be a Proactive DBA
If you’re reading this, you probably think, like me, that SQL Server is an awesome product. One of the great...
2014-08-11
1,382 reads
Things You Can Find in the Plan Cache at SQLBits
On Saturday, I had the pleasure to present my session, “Things You Can Find in the Plan Cache”, at SQLBits!
Thanks to...
2014-07-19
443 reads
Goodbye Microsoft, Hello New Adventure
About two months ago, after two and a half years, I left Microsoft.
Microsoft is an amazing place to work for. It’s...
2014-07-17
476 reads
Goodbye Microsoft, Hello New Adventure
About two months ago, after 2.5 years, I left Microsoft.
Microsoft is an amazing place to work for. It’s conformable, balanced,...
2014-07-17
556 reads
The 3 Factors That Will Get You a Job You’ll Love
It’s T-SQL Tuesday time, and this month’s host, Boris Hristov (blog|twitter) chose the topic of interviews.
Over the time as a...
2014-05-13
720 reads
Blogs
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
Forums
Huge frustration - Database watcher with two elastic pools
Think there's a reason why this is still in preview, but have someone manage...
SQL Server 2025 Query Performance Tuning: Troubleshoot and Optimize Query Performance
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server 2025 Query Performance...
Is it uncommon for Dev's to have a data model of the source data
This is a generic question. To the moderators, I wasn't sure where to place...
Question of the Day
Creating JSON I
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG( 'City':'Denver') GOSee possible answers