Speaking at PASS Summit 2017
I’m very pleased to announce that I will be speaking at PASS Summit 2017! This is my first time speaking at PASS Summit and I’m very excited to be...
2017-07-19
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Blog Posts
Speaking at PASS Summit 2017
I’m very pleased to announce that I will be speaking at PASS Summit 2017! This is my first time speaking...
2017-07-19
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What is a good Disaster Recovery Plan?
During a Q&A session I hosted at our local Calgary SQL Server User Group last month, one of the attendees...
2017-07-19
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What is the system_health extended events session?
Similar to the default trace the system_health session is automatically started up when the instance starts and collects information about...
2017-07-19 (first published: 2017-07-05)
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Celebrate! Second Anniversay Giveaway (is now over)
Two years ago, we officially became MinionWare and launched the absolutely masterful SQL Server management solution, Minion Enterprise. For a...
2017-07-18
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Here's a Quick Way To Generate a Running Total in SQL Server
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Historically it's been difficult to accomplish certain tasks in SQL Server.
Probably the most annoying problem I had to do regularly before SQL Server 2012...
2017-07-18
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Off Topic: Dream Car Garage: 6 Cars, $250k
I was reading Brent’s blog today and decided to make my own $250k dream car garage list. Mostly because I...
2017-07-18
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Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 59 – Drilldown Cartogram)
In this module you will learn how to use the Drilldown Cartogram Custom Visual. The Drilldown Cartogram is a map...
2017-07-18 (first published: 2017-07-11)
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There’s no substitute for mentoring
There’s no substitute for mentoring. We’ve heard it before, and in various ways, but I think we tend to largely...
2017-07-18
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Thoughts on the State of Data Management
I was given the opportunity to do a little online interview. It’s primarily about promotion, but I thought I’d share...
2017-07-18
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Blogs
Five Ways Redshift Serverless Quietly Eats Your Budget
It is Friday, the queries are running, and nobody is watching the bill. That...
A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
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BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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