Why is a value in DATETIME2 8 bytes, but in BINARY it is 9 bytes?
In the #sqlhelp Slack channel on the SQL Server Community Slack workspace last month, Jemma Hooper asked: When trying to...
2017-10-11
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Blog Posts
How NOLOCK Will Block Your Queries
Photo by James Sutton on Unsplash
Note: the problem described below applies to all SELECT queries, not just those adorned with NOLOCK hints. The fact that it applies to NOLOCK queries...
2017-10-10
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How NOLOCK Will Block Your Queries
Photo by James Sutton on UnsplashNote: the problem described below applies to all SELECT queries, not just those adorned with NOLOCK...
2017-10-10
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Kill a Connection, Session, or Command in Analysis Services
One of the useful features of the SSAS Activity Monitor is the ability to cancel sessions and queries. Though there is...
2017-10-10
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Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 71 – Timeline Storyteller)
In this module you will learn how to use the Timeline Storyteller. The Timeline Storyteller is a great way to...
2017-10-10 (first published: 2017-10-02)
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Toolbox - Fix Your FILEGROWTH
One of the items we usually flag in reports is FILEGROWTH by percentage. It doesn't help that for most versions...
2017-10-10 (first published: 2017-10-05)
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Checking Out SQL Vulnerability Assessment
Apparently there is a new tool from Microsoft where you can discover, track, and remediate potential database vulnerabilities. This tool...
2017-10-09 (first published: 2017-09-28)
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Microsoft Ignite US 2017 – Major Azure Announcements
[read this post on Mr. Fox SQL blog] Microsoft Ignite is probably the biggest technical event that Microsoft host yearly with many major announcements across the entire solutions portfolio suite –...
2017-10-09
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Microsoft Ignite US 2017 – Major Azure Announcements
[read this post on Mr. Fox SQL blog]
Microsoft Ignite is probably the biggest technical event that Microsoft host yearly with many major...
2017-10-09
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SQLCLR vs. SQL Server 2017, Part 6: “Trusted Assemblies” – Whitelisted Assemblies can’t do Module Signing
“Trusted Assemblies”, a new feature starting in SQL Server 2017, is a means of whitelisting Assemblies that one feels pose...
2017-10-09 (first published: 2017-09-29)
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Blogs
Walking Through a Planned Failover: SQL Server Availability Groups on Kubernetes
When building the sql-on-k8s-operator, I wanted to make sure it could handle both planned...
Reading SQL Server File Headers with DBCC FILEHEADER
I’ve been doing a deep dive into SQL Server on-disk structures lately, and one...
T-SQL Tuesday #197 – An impactful session or two from a conference – RECAP
By DataOnWheels
Thanks to everyone who joined the blog party this month. I noticed three themes...
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The Vector Data Type
What is the vector data type in SQL Server?
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