Importance of Statistics
Following up on my last post about the Cardinality Estimator let’s talk about column statistics and how they work and...
2018-05-30
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Blog Posts
Lost that SQL Server Access?
Losing access to a SQL instance is never a desirable situation - for the DBA. When the people that are supposed to have access, lose that access, all hope...
2018-05-30
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Lost that SQL Server Access?
As a data professional can you recall the last time you needed to support a SQL Server instance for which...
2018-05-30
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The Importance of ORDER BY
Everyone, at the beginning of their SQL career, get’s told that it is important to include an ORDER BY if...
2018-05-30
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Azure PowerShell – List Virtual Machine Sizes
For those who use PowerShell to do things in Azure you will know that occasionally there is a parameter that you need to get right but are unsure of...
2018-05-29
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Cleaning up Azure Client IPs
I travel around, and as a result, I may find myself accessing my Azure databases from different locations. Since it’s...
2018-05-29
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Introduction to Biml – Webinar
On Thursday June 7th I’ll be giving a webinar for MSSQLTips.com (7PM UTC). The topic is Introduction to Biml – Generating your...
2018-05-29
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Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 104 – User List by CloudScope)
In this module you will learn how to use the User List by CloudScope. The User List by CloudScope is...
2018-05-29 (first published: 2018-05-22)
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Power BI with Maps: Choose Your Destination
(2018-May-20) A childhood dream to travel around the world fueled by reading Gulliver's Travels stories and Robinson Crusoe attempts to survive on a...
2018-05-29 (first published: 2018-05-20)
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Quick Way to Rebuild SQL Server Master Database
All the system-level configuration settings and login account information of SQL server are stored in the corresponding SQL Master Database files. It contains information about other databases that are...
2018-05-29
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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...
Forums
Fulltext filter daemon host (FDHost) process has stopped abnormally
We have performed a side-by-side upgrade, from SQL Server 2016 to 2022 Developer Edition,...
Automating OSM Data Refresh in Power BI’s Azure Maps Reference Layer
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Database Mail Configuration
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Question of the Day
Database Mail Configuration
If I want to get a list of the configuration settings for Database Mail using T-SQL, how can I do so?
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