Thank You Tim!
Ah, Tim Ford. I remember the time we were sitting at Ruth Kriss Steakhouse trying to figure out which of the two of us was the dumbest person in...
2022-08-12 (first published: 2022-07-26)
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Blog Posts
Daily Coping 11 Aug 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-08-11
11 reads
My Toolbox - Greenshot
Foreword
A picture is worth a thousand words. I use screenshots daily, whether it’s to share results, how-to tutorials, point out mistakes or create memes.
None of the tools I’ve tried...
2022-08-11
45 reads
VS Live Microsoft HQ Slides and Code
Thanks to everyone that attended my sessions today at VS Live. I have my slides and code available for download at the VS Live site and here. The Serverless...
2022-08-11
16 reads
Daily Coping 10 Aug 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-08-10
15 reads
Power BI: Dynamically Removing Errors From Columns in M
If you have excel data, or user-entered data, you have likely experienced frustration from repeatedly seeing the error message below upon hitting “Close & Apply” or refreshing your data...
2022-08-10 (first published: 2022-07-19)
236 reads
Storing sp_BlitzIndex to a Table Between Reboots
I mentioned in my New Database Job – The 90 Day Plan blog how I have a trick for storing index usage stats up until close to the next reboot...
2022-08-10 (first published: 2022-07-19)
434 reads
T-SQL Tuesday 153: The Conference Changed Everything For Me
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community member each month, and this month Kevin Kline (blog | twitter) asks us to talk about an...
2022-08-10
6 reads
Daily Coping 9 Aug 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-08-09
19 reads
The Conference of the Year–T-SQL Tuesday #153
It’s the second Tuesday of the month and it’s time for T-SQL Tuesday. This one is hosted at my request by a good friend, Kevin Kline. Kevin has been...
2022-08-09
18 reads
Blogs
Enterprise AI Operating Rhythm – Top 5 practices for 2026
2025 exposed a growing gap between AI ambition and operational reality. As budgets tightened...
Stop Being Surprised by Your Azure Bill: Use Budgets
By John
When organizations migrate workloads to Azure, the focus is usually on architecture, performance, and...
Resetting on the AI hype train
By Brian Kelley
There's a great article from MIT Technology Review about resetting on the hype of...
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The Max PK Length
If I create a multiple column Primary Key constraint, what is the most number of bytes I can include in the constraint?
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