Goal Progress for Jan 2022
I set goals at the beginning of the year, and I’m tracking my progress in these updates during 2022. My first update. I spent most of January unwinding slightly...
2022-02-04
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Blog Posts
How SQL Server executes a Query
Beginning with today, I want to give you over the next few months a blog post series about the basics of performance tuning in SQL Server. Before we go...
2022-02-04 (first published: 2022-01-25)
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I'm Speaking at SQLBits 2022!
I’m proud to announce that I will be speaking at SQLBits! I had the absolute pleasure of speaking at SQLBits in the past, both in person and virtual, and...
2022-02-04
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Introducing ScriptDOM
I’ve been meaning to get a series of blog posts started on this topic. A twitter conversation from yesterday finally pushed me to it. Last year, I was tasked...
2022-02-04 (first published: 2022-01-24)
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Connecting to Single Server MySQL
We have already created the server now it’s time to connect to it. What you will need – connection string details, correct networking setup and a tool like MySQL...
2022-02-03
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Daily Coping 3 Feb 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...
2022-02-03
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How to get Change Data Capture to work in an Availability Group
If you’ve ever had to implement Change Data Capture (CDC) for a database in an Availability Group, then you know that the CDC jobs don’t really consider the Availability...
2022-02-03
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Azure Files–Standard and Premium
This is part of a series on my preparation for the DP-900 exam. This is the Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals, part of a number of certification paths. You can...
2022-02-02
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Checkpoint Analysis: Your Exclusive How-To with XEvents
Checkpoints are essential in SQL Server to help with the durability and reliability of data persisted in the database. When done right, you barely even notice them and performance...
2022-02-02 (first published: 2022-01-14)
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Daily Coping 2 Feb 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...
2022-02-02
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Blogs
Scooby Dooing Episode 9: The Case of the Artificially Intelligent Villain
Welcome back, my fellow sleuths, to my mystery-inspired blog series! I’m having a ton...
The Book of Redgate: Don’t be an a**hole
By Steve Jones
This was one of the original values: The facing page has this text: No...
Beyond Pipelines: How Fabric Reinvents Data Movement for the Modern Enterprise
By Chris Yates
For decades, enterprises have thought about data like plumbers think about water: you build...
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A Common Split
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