Auto-Tuning and the #1 Mindset Problem I Had as a DBA
A few folks have asked: will auto-tuning and adaptive query plans mean the end of performance tuning jobs for SQL Server? In this week’s episode, I talk about why...
2017-12-04
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Slowing Down Your Motor Mouth – Presentation Tips for Fast Talkers
Are you worried that you talk too fast when you give a speech, talk, or presentation? Is fear being a fast-talker one of the concerns that keeps you from...
2017-11-20
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#TSQL2SDAY 96 – Kalen Delaney’s Inspiration for Adventure
This post is part of TSQL Tuesday, a monthly blog party. You’re welcome to join in this party: if you’d like email notifications of future topics, here’s how to...
2017-11-14
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Things I Learned from Speaker Idol 2017 at the SQL PASS Summit
I was lucky enough to serve as a judge for the Speaker Idol competition at the SQL PASS Summit conference this year. One of the great thing about watching...
2017-11-09
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I Thought I Was An Introvert. Turns Out I Was Anxious as #@*] (Dear SQL DBA Episode 53)
In this week’s episode, I’m not answering a reader’s question. Instead, I’m talking about my personal experience with anxiety. This episode touches on on healthcare, religion, and squishy emotions...
2017-11-08
3 reads
SQL PASS Summit 2017 Day 2 – Keynote Notes and Ideas
This morning, Dr Rimma Nehme tells us the story of the birth of Azure Cosmos DB, a global, scale-out database system. At the beginning of the talk, I can already...
2017-11-02
10 reads
SQL PASS Summit 2017: Day 1 Keynote Thoughts and Memories
Whee! It’s the first day of the main SQL PASS Summit conference and I made it to the keynote early for the first time ever. The hype says we’re going...
2017-11-01
6 reads
The Death of SQL Server Service Packs
SQL Server Service Packs are going away, starting with SQL Server 2017. I talk about why I think this is a good thing, and discuss Cumulative Updates, Service Packs,...
2017-10-06
2 reads
Love and Hate for SSMS
People have strong feelings about SQL Server Management Studio: they love it AND they hate it. In this week’s episode, I talk about why people have such conflicting feelings...
2017-09-29
12 reads
How Do I Analyze a SQL Server Execution Plan?
A query is slow, and you figure out how to collect the query execution plan. Now what? In this video, I talk “big picture” about what execution plans are,...
2017-09-22
41 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #193 - Notes to Self
By alevyinroc
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community member each...
T-SQL Tuesday #193 – Notes to my past self and from my future self
By DataOnWheels
It has been a while since my last T-SQL Tuesday blog. When I saw...
T-SQL Tuesday #193 – Notes to past and future me
The last T-SQL Tuesday of the year is hosted by my good friend Mike...
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What is the PRODUCT
In SQL Server 2025, what does this return?
CREATE TABLE Numbers ( n INT) GO INSERT dbo.Numbers ( n ) VALUES (1), (2), (3) GO SELECT PRODUCT(n) FROM dbo.NumbersSee possible answers