How Do Azure Accounts and Subscriptions Work Together?
Azure accounts vs. Azure subscriptions – often a topic that brings some confusion to Azure newbies. Are they the same? What’s...
2018-08-28
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Blog Posts
Ignoring NULLs with FIRST_VALUE
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The SQL Server FIRST_VALUE function makes it easy to return the "first value in an ordered set of values."
The problem is that if that...
2018-08-28
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Ignoring NULLs with FIRST_VALUE
Watch this week’s episode on YouTube.
The SQL Server FIRST_VALUE function makes it easy to return the “first value in an...
2018-08-28
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Ignoring NULLs with FIRST_VALUE
Watch this week's video on YouTube
The SQL Server FIRST_VALUE function makes it easy to return the "first value in an ordered set of values."
The problem is that if that...
2018-08-28
14 reads
MAXDOP Calculator
Every time I conduct a SQL Server health check, it’s pretty common for me to find wrong configurations at instance...
2018-08-28
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Measuring Query Execution Time: What Is Most Accurate
Probably the single most important factor when deciding which query to tune, or actively tuning a query, is how you...
2018-08-28 (first published: 2018-08-13)
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More on Two Posts About PASS
Yesterday I linked to two really interesting posts about PASS and I hope you read them. I’ll start with a...
2018-08-28
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Redgate Lives DevOps
At Redgate, we release a lot of changes to our products. In fact, this is the “About Redgate” slide I’ve...
2018-08-28
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Top 5 Reasons You Should Be Excited About Power BI Composite Models
In July there were many exciting new features that were released to Power BI, but perhaps the most eagerly awaited...
2018-08-28 (first published: 2018-08-13)
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TSQL Tuesday #105: WrapUp
When I hosted this past TSQL-Tuesday, I fully expected to have the wrap-up done a few days later. Lots of...
2018-08-28
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Blogs
Take Time to Gain Perspective
By Brian Kelley
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
The Fringe Festival
By Steve Jones
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
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