Daily Coping 20 Mar 2023
Today’s coping tip is to get outside and notice how the weather feels. This was a good tip to see before my trip last week to the UK. I...
2023-03-20
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Blog Posts
Data Tester Diary: Jak jsem úspěšně složila ISQTB certifikaci
V Joyful Craftsmen máme skvělý bonus (tzv. SGP), v rámci, kterého se můžeme vzdělávat v určitém tématu a tím se posouvat dopředu. Já jsem si jako Data Tester pro svoje...
2023-03-20
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Enjoying SQL Bits
It’s been a good week at SQL Bits. This is my favorite conference, and the organizers go out of their way to make it a fun and sustainable event....
2023-03-20
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Intelligent Query Processing (IQP)
In SQL Server 2022, a new feature called Intelligent Query Processing (IQP) makes use of machine learning to enhance query performance. Because of the automatic workload adjustment provided by...
2023-03-20 (first published: 2023-03-09)
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KQL Series – enough writing – some talking
I recently did a talk to the Data Platform Down Under User group and it covers a whole heap of stuff that I’ve written about in this series. Check...
2023-03-20
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KQL Series – Kusto Engine V3 – let’s make stuff go faster
In late March 2021 Azure Data Explorer Engine v3 was release and it is the latest version of the engine that powers Azure Data Explorer. It is designed to...
2023-03-20
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KQL Series – some DevOps things: Provisioning using Azure CLI
I can’t really write about provisioning anything in Azure without mentioning Azure CLI.My last two posts were about using terraform and bicep Here we will be using the Azure...
2023-03-20
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KQL Series – some DevOps things: Provisioning using bicep
So in my last post I wrote about how to provision Azure Data Explorer using terraform . In this post I will use bicep to provision Azure Data Explorer....
2023-03-20
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KQL Series – some DevOps things: Provisioning using terraform
If you’ve read my blogs before or seen me speak you’ll know that I love the DevOps. Provisioning Azure Data Explorer can be a complex task, involving multiple steps...
2023-03-20
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KQL Series – some DevOps things: Provisioning using ARM templates (dedicated to Scott)
I was talking to an ex-client earlier this week and he saw the drafts of my blog posts around DevOps infra-as-code spinning up Azure Data Explorer and he said...
2023-03-20
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Blogs
The Mystery of SQL Server 2025’s New Tricks – Scooby Dooing Episode 5
Every Scooby-Doo mystery starts with a haunted house, a strange villain, and a trail...
A Prompt AI Experiment
By Steve Jones
Prompt AI released recently and I decided to try a few things with the...
SQL Server Is Slow (part 1 of 4)
By Kevin3NF
How should you respond when you get the dreaded Email/Slack/Text/DriveBy from someone yelling at...
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SQL Server, Heaps and Fragmentation
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SQL Server, Heaps and Fragmentation
A table without a clustered index (heap) will NOT suffer from fragmentation during frequent updates or deletes. True or False?
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