5 Characteristics Every Leader Should Practice
The word leadership has many synonyms attributed to it. Something that can be learned early on in one’s career is that...
2017-01-24
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Blog Posts
JSON Support Is The Best New Developer Feature in SQL 2016 — Overview Part 1: Parsing JSON
As a developer my favorite new feature of SQL Server 2016 is JSON support.
I love JSON in SQL because I already love JSON everywhere outside of SQL: it uses...
2017-01-24
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Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 34 – Sankey with Labels)
In this module you will learn how to use the Sankey with Labels Power BI Custom Visual. The Sankey with...
2017-01-24 (first published: 2017-01-17)
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Analysis of DBA professionals salary’s 2017 using PowerBI
On the 5th of January, Brent Ozar (b|t) launched a survey on “Tell Us What You Make: The 2017 Data Professional...
2017-01-23
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Bad Idea Jeans: Query Optimization Through Minification
SQL is pretty verbose compared to some languages. It's a pretty big disappointment that I have to type out select...
2017-01-23
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Bad Idea Jeans: Query Optimization Through Minification
SQL is pretty verbose compared to some languages. It's a pretty big disappointment that I have to type out select...
2017-01-23
475 reads
Data About Execution Plans
If you look at the Properties for the first operator of a graphical execution plan, you get all sorts of great...
2017-01-23
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Datediff: We’ve Been Doing It Wrong
One of the most common mistakes people make when writing T-SQL is using a function in the where clause, and...
2017-01-23
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Error While running PowerShell code from SQL Agent job – “Path Does Not Exist”
Issue: When I am running code from PowerShell console its running fine but when I execute it through SQL agent...
2017-01-23
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How to Exclude Entire Sections in VS Schema Compare
Right now I am so excited, and a little embarrassed. After using Visual Studio (VS) for database projects for the...
2017-01-23
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Blogs
The fundamental requirements of a reporting system
By ChrisJenkins
There are some fundamental boxes that your reporting system must tick. ✅ The figures...
Seeing the Bigger Picture: How A Monitoring Tool Changed My Approach to Estate Management
By Chris Yates
When it comes to managing complex database environments, having the right monitoring solution is...
Check Power BI report interactions with Semantic Link Labs
It can be tedious to check what visual interactions have been configured in a...
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The Last Good DBCC Run
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