When is it a good idea to consolidate multiple instances?
In this age of cost-saving after cost-saving, one way you may be looking at saving money is by combining multiple...
2017-11-01 (first published: 2017-10-23)
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Blog Posts
Windows Tips and Tricks – Why do I Have Trouble Ejecting USB Hard Drives?
External USB drives should be safely detached from Windows instead of just unplugging them from the computer. Most of us...
2017-11-01
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All New Collations in SQL Server 2017 Implicitly Support Supplementary Characters
As I was testing whether or not the new “Variation Selector Sensitive” ( _VSS ) Collations in SQL Server 2017 would assist...
2017-10-31 (first published: 2017-10-16)
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Azure SQL Database Managed Instance
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is a new flavor of Azure SQL Database that is a game changer. It offers...
2017-10-31
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Book from a library. Learning never stops for data professionals.
[2017-Oct-31] If you have never read the "Iacocca: An Autobiography" book by Lee Iacocca, I highly recommend it. I read it...
2017-10-31
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SQL Server 2017: Making Backups Great Again!
In some DBA circles, backups are just as popular as politicians! However, recoverability is the most important task for database administrators. While SQL Server 2017 added so many great...
2017-10-31
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The Quickest Way To Get SQL Command Help
Every once in a while I discover a SQL Server Management Studio trick that's apparently been around forever but is completely new to me.
Today I want to point out...
2017-10-31
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The Quickest Way To Get SQL Command Help
Formula One …. F1 …. Photo by Jp Valery on UnsplashEvery once in a while I discover a SQL Server Management Studio trick that’s apparently...
2017-10-31
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Why I Believe in the Data Architecture Review
We have a solution called Data Architecture Review. With this solution, we conduct a complete review of the customer’s data...
2017-10-31 (first published: 2017-10-23)
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Can’t Connect to Analysis Services – Invalid Connection Information
I have a new installation of SQL Server 2017, along with an instance of Analysis Services Tabular 2017. I tried...
2017-10-30
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Blogs
When Your Microsoft Fabric Capacity Runs Out: Optimize, Scale Up, Scale Out, or Isolate?
By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
Accessing the Data API Builder MCP Server from VS Code
By Steve Jones
I recently started playing with the MCP Server for SQL Server, which is a...
From DBA or Data Engineer to AI Engineer: A Realistic Path
If you spend your days tuning queries, managing pipelines, or keeping a production database...
Forums
Two queries work until compared with EXCEPT statement
I've got multiple databases on 2 SQL 2019 CU32 servers , all using the...
STRING_AGG DISTINCT
Has anyone written a wrapper function (or similar) around STRING_AGG() to allow the retrieval...
In-place OS upgrade or migration to new OS?
Putting this here as we're currently on SQL Server 2019 installed on Windows Server...
Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT() V
What does this return on SQL Server 2025?
select bit_count(null)See possible answers