Attend “T-SQL’s Hidden Support Feature” online September 11!

I’m presenting T-SQL’s Hidden Support Feature for the DBA Fundamentals virtual chapter on Monday, Sep 11 at 9:30 PM CDT! Session description: The most effective...

Changing the version of an SSIS package.

Of all of the annoying parts of SSIS, the major version sensitivity has to be the most annoying. Let’s say...

Connect Windows 10 client to a VPN on Windows Server 2012 R2

I got a strange request in a Slack channel the other day. A colleague in South Africa, who uses Windows,...

Dynamic Threshold for Statistic Update - SQL Server 2016

By default, on a SQL Server Database, statistics are updated automatically when one hits a threshold of changes. If the Auto Update Statistics setting is turned on by default,...

Dynamic Threshold for Statistic Update - SQL Server 2016

By default, on a SQL Server Database, statistics are updated automatically when one hits a threshold of changes. If the Auto Update Statistics setting is turned on by default,...

Exploring the Kubernetes dashboard in Azure Container Services

Last week I went through how to run SQL Server in Kubernetes on Azure Container Services (ACS)
This week I want...

Runtime Metrics In Execution Plans

Capturing query execution metrics is much easier now that you can see the runtime metrics in execution plans when you’re...

SQL Server on VMware VMworld USA Videos Now On YouTube

I just realized that our two SQL Server on VMware sessions that I co-presented on Tuesday at VMworld USA, both of which made the top...

Game Night is Back at the Summit

Last year Andy Warren and I worked out a deal with the PASS organization to sponsor a game night on...

How to Safely Parameterize Table Names

Protecting against SQL Injection Part 2

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Last week we talked about building dynamic SQL queries and how doing so might leave you open to SQL injection...