Dates and Times in SQL Server: DATENAME()
Last time we looked at DATEPART(). This post is all about the DATENAME() function. So many similarities There are many...
2018-06-20
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Blog Posts
New Session: Profiling Your Data
Data Quality is a huge issue, especially now with more and more data being created daily. According to Micro Focus...
2018-06-20
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Overview of SQL Server 2017 Docker containers on Linux machine
SQL Server 2017 is the biggest release and most important releases in the Microsoft product history simply because of the...
2018-06-20
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SQL Server Patching within an Always On Environment
SQL Server Patching with the introduction and adoption of Always On has changed. The traditional method by waiting for Service...
2018-06-20
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Understanding Cosmos DB
Cosmos DB is an awesome product that is mainly used for large-scale OLTP solutions. Any web, mobile, gaming, and IoT application that...
2018-06-20 (first published: 2018-06-11)
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Updating to SQL Change Automation
The SQL Change Automation release was early this week. This is replacing ReadyRoll and our DLM Automation products, rolling them...
2018-06-20
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What is an Event-Less Extended Event Session?
(Be sure to checkout the FREE SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan - you get a weekly email packed with all the...
2018-06-20 (first published: 2018-06-11)
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Deploying to Azure Without Writing JSON Arm Templates
Reading Time: 6 minutes (not a minute longer)
TLDR; ARM templates are a great way to deploy to Azure, setting up a template that can deploy an entire environment from...
2018-06-19
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Deploying to Azure Without Writing JSON Arm Templates
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TLDR; ARM templates are a great way to deploy to Azure, setting up...
2018-06-19
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Deploying to Azure Without Writing JSON Arm Templates
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TLDR; ARM templates are a great way to deploy to Azure, setting up...
2018-06-19
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Blogs
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL The same plan analysis you know from...
A New Word: the Kinder Surprise
By Steve Jones
the kinder surprise – . the point in your early adolescence when you realize...
Crash-Consistent Snapshot Cloning - Hyper-V Edition
If you’ve been following my T-SQL Snapshot Backup series, most of what I’ve covered...
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Question of the Day
The Distance Metric
In the new VECTOR_DISTANCE() function in SQL Server 2025, the first parameter is the distance_metric. What is this?
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