Reblog: July 12 to July 18
I’ve always been a fan of the feeling when I find an old blog post that’s got just the information...
2013-07-18
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Blog Posts
SQL Server: Performance Tuning :Understanding Set Statistics Time output
In the last post we have discussed about Set Statistics IO and how it will help us in the performance tuning. In this post we will discuss about the Set...
2013-07-18
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T-SQL Tuesday #44 Wrap UP
Hello Dear Reader, what a busy week we’ve had last week! I’ve got 3 big Thank You’s that I would...
2013-07-18 (first published: 2013-07-15)
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Webcast Presentation Materials: 5 Ways to Improve Performance through Indexing
This past Tuesday, I delivered a presentation for Pragmatic WorksTraining on the T’s. The session I delivered was 5 Ways to...
2013-07-18
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Amusing SQL Trick – Hide yourself from SQL Server
I make a point of reading DBAReactions on a fairly regular basis and today while reading it I was lead...
2013-07-17
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Disable the Charms Bar – Making Windows 8 Better
One of the things that’s bothered me is the way the charms bar frequent popping out as my mouse moves...
2013-07-17
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Indexing Fundamentals Presentation – Pending Questions Answered
On July 10th 2013, I gave a presentation with the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) DBA Fundamentals Virtual Chapter....
2013-07-17
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PASS Security Virtual Chapter & Security Topics at PASS Summit
I just saw a post from Brian Kelley about the new PASS Security Virtual Chapter launching and the first presentation...
2013-07-17
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PowerShell – Identify and switch between installed PowerShell Versions
Most of the time we have been used to cmdlets and it’s various features but do not know about the...
2013-07-17
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Presenting for the new PASS Security Virtual Chapter on July 18
The PASS Security virtual chapter is up and running thanks to the hard work of Argenis Fernandez (blog | twitter) and...
2013-07-17
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Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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Escaping Strings
The STRING_ESCAPE() function requires 2 parameters in SQL Server 2025. The first is a string of text and the second is the type of escape rules being used. What are the options for the second parameter?
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