Don’t Be an Arse
In deference to my British employers, I’ll use their word.
It constantly strikes me how rude, stupid, and unfriendly people can...
2014-04-04
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Blog Posts
Follow Up To A Questionable Trigger
This question of the day didn’t turn out well at all – required too big a leap the way it was...
2014-04-04
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Friday Followup For April 4, 2014
It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re...
2014-04-04
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Great Companies – Spotify
I don’t know anyone at Spotify, nor have I worked there. However when I see descriptions and explanations like this...
2014-04-04
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Monthly Reflections – March 2014
After a bit of an enforced sabbatical from blogging (short but boring story), I was interested to see how my...
2014-04-04
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New Extended Events for Tracing in SQL Server 2014
Neue “Erweiterte Ereignisse” (XEvents) für Tracing in SQL Server 2014
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Dieser Artikel enthält eine Liste der neuen Erweiterte Ereignisse (“Extended Events”),...
2014-04-04
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SQLServerCentral Editorial: Team Reputation
Maybe too serious a topic for a Friday, I wrote Team Reputation because I like working for good teams – who...
2014-04-04
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5 Tools Every DBA Should Know About
After monitoring enterprise SQL Server instances for over 10 years now, there are 5 tools that are used every day...
2014-04-03 (first published: 2014-03-25)
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I Know I Shouldn't Shrink My Log file, BUT...
As a managed services DBA, I frequently have to clean up after other people's mistakes. (Come to think of it,...
2014-04-03
1,990 reads
Presenting Biml and Team-based Development at PASSDC and BSSUG
I’m excited to present two different sessions in April at DC SQL Server User Group and at Baltimore SQL Server User Group. I...
2014-04-03
560 reads
Blogs
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
My Social Media Rules
By Brian Kelley
I developed these rules a while back, before COVID. I had a period of...
Why Use TRY_PARSE(): #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
Someone asked why I would use TRY_PARSE after I posted a question at SQL...
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