Why Does Everyone Have More Friends Than You?
No, the answer isn’t because you’re a DBA. This isn’t a technical post about databases, but rather a discussion of a statistical paradox that I read about recently. Statistics...
2019-10-01
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Matthew McGiffen
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Check Query Progress with Live Query Stats
This is something I touched on back in 2017 a little after the Live Query Statistics feature was introduced with SQL 2016, but I was using the functionality this...
2019-09-26 (first published: 2019-09-18)
1,944 reads
SQL Server Wishlist
This month for T-SQL Tuesday Kevin Chant asks us what our fantasy SQL feature would be. https://www.kevinrchant.com/2019/09/03/t-sql-tuesday-118-your-fantasy-sql-feature/ I think it’s appropriate to give a shout-out to Microsoft at this...
2019-09-11
95 reads
Query Store stores dates as UTC
One of the powerful aspects of Query Store is the ability to directly query the DMVs for details of historical executions and performance. A key view for this is...
2019-09-04 (first published: 2019-08-21)
323 reads
The 99 Flavours of SQL Server are all Vanilla
There are so many options for running SQL Server now. It can feel a little intimidating. You’ve spent years gaining experience with SQL running on Windows Server. On bare...
2019-09-03 (first published: 2019-08-22)
573 reads
Find queries with high memory grants – using Query Store
I had a server that looked like it had been suffering from memory contention. I wanted to see what queries were being run that had high memory requirements. The...
2019-08-14 (first published: 2019-07-31)
800 reads
Adding a Column with a Default Constraint
Last week a question came up about adding a column to a table, and giving that column a default constraint. Would that default value be assigned to all existing...
2019-07-24 (first published: 2019-07-16)
512 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #114 Puzzle Party – Roundup
Here’s my round-up for this month’s T-SQL Tuesday. Thanks to everyone who contributed last week. It was great reading your posts and seeing the different ways you interpreted the...
2019-05-21
113 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #114 – Puzzle Party
A few years back I started running regular SQL workshops in my workplace. Teaching beginners the basics of querying databases with SQL, as well as more advanced topics for...
2019-05-07
135 reads
Attending a climate protest for the first time
This is a blog devoted to databases, but for once I’m going to go off topic and talk about something I did at the weekend that I’ve never done...
2019-04-25
35 reads
Blogs
Speeding Up Patching – Beyond Patch Delivery
By Brian Kelley
I wear many hats in technology, and one of those is as a (cyber)security...
Monday Monitor Tips: Query Recommendations
By Steve Jones
We keep adding stuff to Redgate Monitor, and it’s easy to miss some of...
A Pursuit of Lifelong Learning
By Brian Kelley
The following came across my YouTube feed today. It’s an interview with General James...
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