A New Command Palette in SQL Prompt
I’ve gotten used to using the Command Palette in VS Code/ADS/Sublime Text regularly to find some setting or change something. What felt strange at first has become a habit...
2022-02-28
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Blog Posts
Daily Coping 28 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...
2022-02-28
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Database Fundamentals #31: Unique Constraints from the GUI
In the last few Fundamentals posts you were introduced to a couple of ways to limit and control the data stored in the tables in your database. A primary...
2022-02-28
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Dynamically Map JSON to SQL in Azure Data Factory
We’re reading in some JSON files in Azure Data Factory (ADF), for example for a REST API. We’re storing the data in a relational table (SQL Server, Azure SQL...
2022-02-28
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Expert Series webinar – Understanding SQL Server on VMware Storage Options
I’m thrilled to be presenting a new session on SQL Server-on-VMware storage performance tuning as part one of four in the ActualTech Media Expert webinar series this Friday, March...
2022-02-28
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Extent Management in SQL Server
Today I’m talking about Extent Management in SQL Server, because this is a very important topic, especially when you deal with TempDb in SQL Server. On a very high...
2022-02-28 (first published: 2022-02-14)
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How can a table with 0 records use so much space?
Just like that puppy you got during the pandemic, your databases hunger for more. And they grow. And occasionally make a mess. I’ll stop the analogy. Anyhow, it’s worthwhile...
2022-02-28
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Recipe 5: Killing blocking SPIDs
Welcome to the latest recipe of this Extended Events cookbook! You will find the first blog post of the series here and you can browse all recipes with the...
2022-02-28
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Recipe 6: Auditing Successful Logins
Welcome to a new recipe of this Extended Events cookbook! You will find the first blog post of the series here and you can browse all recipes with the...
2022-02-28
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SQL Server Execution Plan - Displays Estimated and Actual number of rows
This article focuses on getting the Displays Estimated and Actual number of Rows from the SQL Server Execution Plan. Read More
2022-02-28 (first published: 2022-02-16)
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Blogs
A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
Microsoft Build 2026 announcements
By James Serra
Once again there were a number of Microsoft Build announcements related to data and...
Forums
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BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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