DBA 101: Why Don’t People Run Backups
It happened multiple times this week. It happens multiple times every week. Some poor soul is posting on a message...
2011-02-13
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Blog Posts
Evaluating Performance of View and Stored procedure
I got a chance to evaluate performance of both views and stored procedure for high level decision making.
As all of Us knows that purpose/scope...
2011-02-13
11,589 reads
Examining PFS, GAM and SGAM pages
Anyone who can interpret data and index pages will surely think about interpreting PFS, GAM and SGAM pages. I am...
2011-02-13
5,626 reads
SSMS Tools Pack – Script Grid Results
Most of us like things that make our lives easier. When they’re free, it’s just that much sweeter. I would...
2011-02-13
1,587 reads
Get Well Trevor – Call to action!
Tim Ford, SQL MVP and all around Good Guy, has been having a really hard time so far in 2011....
2011-02-12
580 reads
I travel, I work, I EAT
As most of you know I am a consultant with Pragmatic Works, which requires me to travel a bit. During...
2011-02-12
663 reads
Presentation Slides For Hardware 201 at SQLSaturday #66 in Colorado Springs
I will be giving my Hardware 201: Selecting and Sizing Hardware for OLTP Performance presentation at SQLSaturday #66 at 1:30PM...
2011-02-12
861 reads
A NULL Is Not Unknown
Like it or not, NULLs happen. I don’t think that’s I’ve ever seen a production database that didn’t have NULLs. I’m not arguing whether or not NULLs in a...
2011-02-11
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A NULL Is Not Unknown
Like it or not, NULLs happen. I don’t think that’s I’ve ever seen a production database that didn’t have NULLs.
Waiter,...
2011-02-11
875 reads
Book Review: Packing for Mars
Packing for Mars by Mary Roach ($15 @ Amazon) is a ton of fairly interesting trivia about the space program, space...
2011-02-11
735 reads
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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