Carpenters vs. DBAs
Let’s get the caveat out of the way up front, I work for a tool vendor.
If you look around at...
2016-07-05
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Blog Posts
Database Mail Breaks with TLS 1.0 Disabled
Discovery I ran across an issue where I had just configured database mail on a new server, went to send...
2016-07-05
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Do You Want to Retain Your Best Employees?
I think you do.
According to a report by Oxford Economics it costs in excess of £30K, or if you prefer,...
2016-07-05
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Influence Skills Live from London Day 1
This week I am producing course 294 Influence Skills: Getting Results without Direct Authority. I wrote what being a producer...
2016-07-05
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New SQL Server community tool
For those of us in the US, it’s our day of independence. A day that stands for FREEDOM and happiness....
2016-07-05
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Perfectly Placed Parentheses
Like many other programming languages T-SQL uses parentheses () for a number of tasks. To help determine precedence, function calls etc....
2016-07-05 (first published: 2016-06-27)
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Phantom SSIS Changes
That SSIS change just won’t stick! There is a new business requirement, so now you have to change an existing...
2016-07-05
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Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 05 – KPI Indicator)
In this module you will learn how to use the KPI Indicator (This is kind of like saying “ATM Machine”...
2016-07-05 (first published: 2016-06-28)
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Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 06 – Histogram)
In this module you will learn how to use the Histogram, a Power BI Custom Visual. A Histogram is a...
2016-07-05
1,630 reads
SQL Server Indexing Book Giveaway – Week 5
It’s time for week 5 of giving out some copies of Expert Performance Indexing for SQL Server. So far, I’ve sent out four copies of the book based on comments from...
2016-07-05
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Blogs
Exploring DiskANN: Part I: Understanding the Algorithm before the disk
How I used AI for this postChatGPT to generate images based on info specifically...
Learning Tool – Deepstash
By Brian Kelley
A few months ago I started using Deepstash. Deepstash breaks books into the key...
New article – migrating from a named instance
By Brian Kelley
Do you have a case where you have a named instance you'd like to...
Forums
Understanding Temp Tables and Table Variables in SQL Server
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The Data API Builder MCP Server Tools
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Collecting Data Is Hard
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Question of the Day
The Data API Builder MCP Server Tools
The Data API Builder MCP Server, v2.x, includes a number of tools. What actions can these tools perform in your database?
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