Replacing VS Code with Vim
OK so maybe not replacing, this is more like emulating VS Code in Vim. Disclaimer – I like VS Code and I won’t be uninstalling it anytime soon and...
2022-01-14
112 reads
Blog Posts
Azure Data Explorer – Setting up a Cluster
I’ve worked with Log Analytics quite a bit over the years and that’s taken me down the road of the Kusto Query Language – or KQL So, using Azure...
2022-01-13
33 reads
Daily Coping 13 Jan 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...
2022-01-13
16 reads
Database projects with SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)
Last Year (2021) I released a full and comprehensive course about SSDT: developing and maintenance SQL Server database within SQL Server Data Tools in Visual Studio. Thank you to...
2022-01-13
16 reads
Database projects with SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)
Last Year (2021) I released a full and comprehensive course about SSDT: developing and maintenance SQL Server database within SQL Server Data Tools in Visual Studio. Thank you to...
2022-01-13
125 reads
How to install PowerShell SQLServer module in a specific directory
Troubleshoot error - Install-Module: Administrator rights are required to install modules in 'C:Program FilesWindowsPowerShellModules.'
2022-01-13
61 reads
Troubleshoot PowerShell-No match was found for the specified search criteria,module FailoverClusters
Troubleshoot PowerShell-No match was found for the specified search criteria, module FailoverClusters
2022-01-13
59 reads
A Little Current Date Arithmetic in Powershell–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I saw a fun post on Twitter recently...
2022-01-12
36 reads
Daily Coping 12 Jan 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...
2022-01-12
19 reads
Identifying Recompile Causes
Strictly speaking, a recompile isn’t really a performance tuning problem. In fact, a lot of time, recompiles are desired because they reflect changes in statistics which are likely to...
2022-01-12 (first published: 2022-01-03)
283 reads
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Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead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
Changes, Happiness, and a Few Tears
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You Probably Don't Need a Vector Database
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BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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