Daily Coping 6 Jul 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...
2022-07-06
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Blog Posts
Honored to be a Microsoft MVP Again
I was renewed this week as a Microsoft MVP. This is my 15th award in a row and each year this happens it is an honor to be recognized...
2022-07-06
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Log in to Power BI Desktop as an External (B2B) User
I noticed Adam Saxton post a tip on the Guy in a Cube YouTube channel about publishing reports from Power BI Desktop for external users. According to Microsoft Docs...
2022-07-06 (first published: 2022-06-22)
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Snowflake Data Cloud
Time to shift gears away from the world of relational databases whether that is in the cloud, on-prem, Linux-based, containers or even sitting within Kubernetes. Everyone has heard of...
2022-07-06
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SQL Homework – July 2022 – Update your resume.
Resumes have been on my mind a lot recently. I’ve been thinking that I wish I’d kept mine up to ... Continue reading
2022-07-06 (first published: 2022-07-05)
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SQLServerCarpenter Tools
Over the past couple of years, I’ve developed several tools that I’ve been using during my Performance Tuning and other related assignments. I thought to share it with the...
2022-07-06 (first published: 2022-07-04)
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Thank You Kevin!
I don’t think I’m going too far out on a limb to call Kevin Kline a friend. I’m extremely humbled and honored that I can say that. Kevin is...
2022-07-06
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usp_SQLServerCarpenter_Tools_Get_Costliest_Queries
This procedure can get you the list of queries being executed frequently and for duration greater/less than a particular time. You may also find it very useful if you...
2022-07-06
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usp_SQLServerCarpenter_Tools_Get_Objects_Performing_Committed_Read
This procedure will get all the objects performing committed reads. It will fetch all the objects (Procedures, Functions, Triggers, View etc.) that doesn't uses the NOLOCK and SET ISOLATION...
2022-07-06
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usp_SQLServerCarpenter_Tools_Get_Procedures_Triggers_Missing_SET_NOCOUNT_ON
This procedure will get all the stored procedures and triggers missing the use of SET NOCOUNT ON. It may be helpful in performance tuning assignments.
2022-07-06 (first published: 2022-07-04)
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Blogs
Walking Through a Planned Failover: SQL Server Availability Groups on Kubernetes
When building the sql-on-k8s-operator, I wanted to make sure it could handle both planned...
Reading SQL Server File Headers with DBCC FILEHEADER
I’ve been doing a deep dive into SQL Server on-disk structures lately, and one...
T-SQL Tuesday #197 – An impactful session or two from a conference – RECAP
By DataOnWheels
Thanks to everyone who joined the blog party this month. I noticed three themes...
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The Vector Data Type
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