Current Thoughts on Interviewing and Hiring Conundrums
For many organizations, data is the lifeblood that keeps them in business. If the data becomes imperiled, the very existence...
2013-09-22
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Blog Posts
MDX #30 – Get The Book: MDX with SSAS 2012 Cookbook
MDX with SSAS 2012 Cookbook
by Sherry Li and Tomislav Piasevoli
Packt Publishing 2013
The book is now available in both paperback...
2013-09-22
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SQL #50–Deleting or updating data from a table of 20+ GB
I don’t have a definition of what is considered a large SQL table. I am pretty sure, however, that a...
2013-09-22
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Counting Work Days
Don’t forget that most holiday’s aren’t work days.
Recently while working with a client I was faced with some seriously convoluted...
2013-09-21
1,791 reads
I am on LinkedIn
I don't know why, but I never "got" LinkedIn and I ended up leaving it in frustration as I was...
2013-09-21
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Finding Ad Hoc Queries with Query Hash
I was presenting a session on how to read execution plans when I received a question: Do you have a...
2013-09-20 (first published: 2013-09-18)
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Get OS Counter Memory Available Mbytes Using TSQL
I have been working recently in making sure that max memory is configured for the hundred plus database servers I...
2013-09-20
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Monitoring and Baselines Presentation
Here’s my full presentation for SQL Saturday #250 in Pittsburgh this past Saturday along with some notes on what I...
2013-09-20
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Power Map Enhancements and Presentation
Power Map for Excel 2013 has had some recent enhancements that are worth noting. You can download the latest Power...
2013-09-20
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Reblog: September 13 to September 19
I’ve always been a fan of the feeling when I find an old blog post that’s got just the information...
2013-09-20
885 reads
Blogs
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
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Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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