Planning to Increase Cost Threshold for Parallelism – Like a Smart Person!
Planning to Increase Cost Threshold for Parallelism
When administrating a SQL Server instance with multiple CPU cores and heavy workload, it’s...
2018-02-27
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Blog Posts
Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 90 – Brick Chart MAQ Software)
In this module you will learn how to use the Brick Chart by MAQ Software. The Brick Chart provides a...
2018-02-27 (first published: 2018-02-13)
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Productivity For The Data Pro
Productivity is hard to measure when your work has no definite structure like a typical office job. You may operate...
2018-02-27
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Saving Costs in Azure
Nobody wants to waste money and being in the cloud is no exception! Luckily for us Azure is very efficient...
2018-02-27 (first published: 2018-02-15)
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Splitting It Up: Side by Side Queries In SSMS
There are times when you are writing a query while referencing another piece of information: the results of another query, a variable value, a webpage, etc...
If using two monitors...
2018-02-27
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Splitting It Up: Side by Side Queries In SSMS
There are times when you are writing a query while referencing another piece of information: the results of another query,...
2018-02-27
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Typing Alternative Characters
I tend to work in the US English world. I’m somewhat embarrassed to note that I really only know one...
2018-02-27
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What Do Read Counts On Your SQL Server Execution Plans Even Mean?
If you’ve ever spent any time looking at execution plans you will have almost definitely noticed all the read counts...
2018-02-27
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Who installed SQL Server?
Recently, I was working with the team and got stuck up with SQL Server Installation information. We got an urgent...
2018-02-27
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Change the name of master database files – SQL Server on Linux
In my recent blog, I discussed about how to move master database to another location. One of the readers requested...
2018-02-26
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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?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
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The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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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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