Blocking Locks and Deadlocks
Situation Your query is waiting for another query and the other query is doing nothing. Blocking Locks A blocking lock...
2018-02-28
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Blog Posts
Dates and Times in SQL Server: SMALLDATETIME
Last week I spoke about a world wary data type for storing dates and times in a single column, with...
2018-02-28
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Doing DevOPs for your Database? You need to start here…
I’ve been doing that thing called DevOPs for about 17 years – you know – before it had a name…
In fact it...
2018-02-28
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New Built-in Function STRING_AGG() – SQL Server 2017
SQL Server 2017 introduces a set of useful functions like STRING_AGG(), STRING_SPLIT(), TRIM()… and many more. In this tip, I am...
2018-02-28
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Offline installation of SQL Server 2017 on Linux
SQL Server is now compatible with different Linux distributions, and there is a lot of excitement about it.How ever one...
2018-02-28
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PASS Summit 2018 – Call for Speakers
It is that time again. PASS has opened the Call for Speakers. I have submitted for the past 10 years,...
2018-02-28
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Safely and Easily Use High-Level Permissions Without Granting Them to Anyone: Server-level
Part of having good security is giving users the fewest / least permissions possible in order to execute the code. However,...
2018-02-28 (first published: 2018-02-15)
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SQL in the City is Live
You can watch on YouTube now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qyMutBkZsg
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We’re recording the sessions...
2018-02-28
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Using the Full Screen Mode in SSMS (Day 33)
Do you ever find yourself working on a query and realize that you need just a bit more real estate...
2018-02-28
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Adaptive Joins
I was surprised to find out that a lot people hadn’t heard about the new join type, Adaptive join. So,...
2018-02-27
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Blogs
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
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Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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