When Good Query Plans Go Bad
Today's story starts again with a page escalation:
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We are seeing very high CPU usage on DistServer01. Could you please take...
2018-05-25 (first published: 2018-05-18)
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Blog Posts
Back to basics: What is a HEAP table?
Understanding the fundamentals is key for success, with everything you do. These days SQL Server has expanded into much more...
2018-05-24 (first published: 2018-05-16)
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Convert a Positive Number To a Negative In SQL With a Spot of Bitwise Logic
Now this is something that I’ve seen asked a few times and it’s always a question that gets a fair...
2018-05-24
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Cosmos DB for the Data Professional
Cosmos DB is one of the fastest growing Azure services in 2018. As its popularity grows, data professionals are faced...
2018-05-24 (first published: 2018-05-16)
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Day 24 Replication Setup
Today we will discuss how setup a replication: Master – Slave Replication: Requirement: 2 (Linux) System (MasterServer and SlaveServer) MySQL Installed...
2018-05-24
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One Week to Music City Tech
Next week is Music City Tech, a three day conference consisting of Coding, Agile, and Data tracks, takes place in...
2018-05-24
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Power BI and Data Security – Audit Logs, Powershell, Power BI and @AngryAnalytics
The following has been reposted with permission from Steve Howard a.k.a. @AngryAnalytics. I have made some formatting changes but the...
2018-05-24
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Query Predicates
Sometimes people speak “SQL” and expect you know all the terminology. In recent a conversation about query plans I was...
2018-05-24
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Tips for Securing SQL Server Database from All Sort of Risks
Securing SQL Server Database is a challenging task as there are number of external and internal risks or parameters affecting the Server and its databases. In this section, we...
2018-05-24
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Tips for Securing SQL Server Database from All Sort of Risks
Securing SQL Server Database is a challenging task as there are number of external and internal risks or parameters affecting...
2018-05-24
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
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But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
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I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Identities and Sequences III
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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