Want to Supercharge Your Business? SQL is Your Secret Weapon.
Look, we all know data is king these days. But having mountains of data and actually using it to make your business better are two different things. That's where...
2024-10-10
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Blog Posts
Adding Row Numbers to a Query: #SQLNewBlogger
I realized that I hadn’t done much blogging on Window functions in T-SQL, and I’ve done a few presentations, so I decided to round out my blog a bit....
2024-10-09
236 reads
Adding Row Numbers to a Query: #SQLNewBlogger
I realized that I hadn’t done much blogging on Window functions in T-SQL, and I’ve done a few presentations, so I decided to round out my blog a bit....
2024-10-09
2,356 reads
Additional Use for sp_statement_completed
Another discussion in Gothenburg (such a great group of people) around Extended Events lead to a (admittedly, tiny) idea for an additional use for sp_statement_completed. The basics for sp_statement_completed...
2024-10-09 (first published: 2024-09-23)
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Analytics vs. Advanced Analytics
The post Analytics vs. Advanced Analytics appeared first on Joyful Craftsmen.
2024-10-09 (first published: 2024-09-25)
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When It’s No Longer Viable
Sometimes a solution is no longer viable because there isn’t a path forward and sometimes a solution isn’t viable because there are better options out there from the organization’s...
2024-10-09
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European Microsoft Fabric Community Conference announcements
A TON of new features announcements at the European Microsoft Fabric Community Conference help last week. The full list is here, and I wanted to list my favorite announcements...
2024-10-08 (first published: 2024-10-07)
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T-SQL Tuesday #179: The Detective’s Toolkit
It’s time for the monthly T-SQL Tuesday blog party. This month a longtime friend, Tim Mitchell is hosting and he’s got a neat invite. He’s asking us how to...
2024-10-08
47 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #179: The Detective’s Toolkit
It’s time for the monthly T-SQL Tuesday blog party. This month a longtime friend, Tim Mitchell is hosting and he’s got a neat invite. He’s asking us how to...
2024-10-08
12 reads
When It’s Still Viable
If a technology is still viable, don’t overlook it. Don’t get caught up chasing the “shiny” or the “perfect” solution just because you can.
2024-10-08
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Blogs
Five Ways Redshift Serverless Quietly Eats Your Budget
It is Friday, the queries are running, and nobody is watching the bill. That...
A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
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BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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