Friday Flyway Tips – Adding the Type of Database Project
There was an update to Flyway Desktop which lets you see the type of database your project is associated with, and this post shows how to get this in...
2023-11-10
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Blog Posts
Game Night at the PASS Summit
Games Night is back at the Summit, this time on Wednesday night in a large space for 200 people plus to enjoy some fun with friends and colleagues. This...
2023-11-10 (first published: 2023-11-02)
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PASS Data Summit 2023
Appreciate everyone who has reached out asking if I would be attending the PASS Data Summit out in Seattle this year. Yes, I will be, and I am looking...
2023-11-10
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Summit 2023 Is Nearly Here!
All week, my phone has been reminding me (via photo memories) of the amazing experience I had at PASS Summit 2017. This can mean only one thing - PASS...
2023-11-10 (first published: 2023-11-03)
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Advice for 2023 PASS Data Community Summit Attendees
Edwin Sarmiento has a great First Timer Guide for the PASS Data Community Summit, which is updated for 2023. He’s been compiling this since 2016, and it’s worth reading....
2023-11-09
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Database Concerns – A Poll!
What are you most concerned about in your database platforms? Please pick from the list below, and expand on your choice in the comments if you like: Thanks...
2023-11-08 (first published: 2023-10-25)
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My data architecture book now has 15 chapters available!
Only one more chapter to go! As I have mentioned in prior blog posts, I have been writing a data architecture book, which I started last November. The title...
2023-11-08 (first published: 2023-10-23)
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All the chapters in my data architecture book are now available!
As I have mentioned in prior blog posts, I have been writing a data architecture book, which I started last November. The title of the book is “Deciphering Data...
2023-11-06
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Common Mistakes in SQL Server – Part 6
In SQL Server, there are various scenarios in which you may want to consider recompiling a query or a stored procedure to ensure optimal query performance. Recompilation generates a...
2023-11-06 (first published: 2023-10-23)
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Setup Ola Index Maintenance with Azure Runbooks and Terraform
Yes, you still need to do some work to maintain indexes in Azure SQL Database. This post will walk you through setting up statistic updates and index maintenance using...
2023-11-06 (first published: 2023-10-19)
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #193 – A Note to Your Past, and a Warning from Your Future
By DesertDBA
I haven’t posted in a while (well, not here at least since I’ve been...
Keeping MS Docs Up to Date
By Steve Jones
One of the things that I like about the SQL Server docs (MS Learn...
Patch Tuesday – Where to get more information
By Brian Kelley
For a number of years I have subscribed to Randy Franklin Smith's Patch Tuesday...
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Question of the Day
What is the PRODUCT
In SQL Server 2025, what does this return?
CREATE TABLE Numbers ( n INT) GO INSERT dbo.Numbers ( n ) VALUES (1), (2), (3) GO SELECT PRODUCT(n) FROM dbo.NumbersSee possible answers