Reblog: May 30 to June 5
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Sometimes old stuff is just as cool as new stuff. Over the past few years,...
2014-06-06
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Blog Posts
Speaker of the Month, June 2014
It’s not like I can’t find plenty of great presentations here in the US, but, while I was over in...
2014-06-06
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Using a Hyper-V VHD in an Azure VM
I’m in the process of moving some my lab environments that I use for teaching SQL Server classes to Azure....
2014-06-06
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Attaching All Databases with PowerShell–Refactoring out Write-Host
Someone posted a note to me on Twitter that noted that Write-Host is not recommended for your scripts. I checked...
2014-06-05
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Natively Compiled Procedures and Execution Plans
The combination of in-memory tables and natively compiled procedures in SQL Server 2014 makes for some seriously screaming fast performance....
2014-06-05
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Who has the DAC open?
The other day I started seeing the following error in my SQL log.
Error: 17810, Severity: 20, State: 2.
Could not connect...
2014-06-05 (first published: 2014-05-28)
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15 years of experience with Identity columns
An identity column is an auto incrementing columnAn identity column is typically used as a primary keyA primary key that’s...
2014-06-04
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A Sherlockian Question Of the Day & Why I’m Writing Questions
If you haven’t noticed by now I’ve been writing quite a few questions of the day for SQLServerCentral. It started,...
2014-06-04
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How Does Disabling an Index Affect the Index Usage DMV Counters
A question was posted to #SQLHelp on Twitter asking, if disabling an Index would clear the index usage counters stored in the...
2014-06-04 (first published: 2014-05-28)
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Miscellaneous Notes on the PASS NomCom and General Election
Interesting day yesterday. A spirited discussion on Twitter, a challenging post from candidate Mark Broadbent, and a couple good threads...
2014-06-04
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Blogs
PostgreSQL: Diagnosing and Fixing a Sequential Scan with No Filter Predicate
A sequential scan is not always a problem — PostgreSQL's planner often chooses one...
Giving AI Agents Visibility Into SQL Server with MCP
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it actually takes to make an...
The Book of Redgate: Profits
By Steve Jones
Redgate is a for-profit company. We look to make money by building and selling...
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