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...
2017-09-06
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Blog Posts
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...
2017-09-06 (first published: 2017-08-23)
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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,...
2017-09-06
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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,...
2017-09-06
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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,...
2017-09-06
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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...
2017-09-06
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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...
2017-09-06 (first published: 2017-08-22)
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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...
2017-09-06
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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...
2017-09-05
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How to Safely Parameterize Table Names
Protecting against SQL Injection Part 2
Watch this week's video on YouTube
Last week we talked about building dynamic SQL queries and how doing so might leave you open to SQL injection...
2017-09-05
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Blogs
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
The flight recorder: Replaying what an AI agent did on my SQL Server
By Arun Sirpal
“What exactly did it do on my server?” is the first question a DBA...
Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference — Barcelona 2026
By James Serra
Microsoft shared a broad set of Fabric, Power BI, and SQL updates at FabCon...
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Checking the Error Log III
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