Running SSMS 2016 in Read Uncommitted Mode
Back in July when we received the first official release of SSMS not tied to an engine release we got a new SQL PowerShell module and we also received...
2017-01-25
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Blog Posts
Scheduling Statistics Maintenance in Azure SQL Data Warehouse
The power and capabilities of Azure SQL Data Warehouse are pretty amazing. However, it’s still basically SQL Server under the...
2017-01-25 (first published: 2017-01-18)
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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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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
220 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
530 reads
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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Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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