Unexpected Speaker Gifts
I got two packages this week, both unexpected. They were nice surprises. First, a huge thanks to the Cloud Summit and Stephen Simon for running a great event and...
2021-11-24
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Blog Posts
Daily Coping 23 Nov 2021
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...
2021-11-23
14 reads
My book “Learn T-SQL from Scratch” is launched
A lot of my colleagues and people in my network reached out to me to train them on the SQL Server and T-SQL. They think that my style of...
2021-11-23
18 reads
My book “Learn T-SQL from Scratch” is launched
A lot of my colleagues and people in my network reached out to me to train them on the SQL Server and T-SQL. They think that my style of...
2021-11-23
299 reads
Tech Lunch News
Predminulý týden (10. listopadu 2021) jsme porádali už nekolikátý verejný Tech Lunch. Jde o pulhodinový call, na kterém pravidelne prezentujeme novinky ze sveta dat (datové sklady, Azure, SQL Server,...
2021-11-23
13 reads
Daily Coping 22 Nov 2021
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...
2021-11-22
16 reads
Decoding SSRS Subscription Agent Jobs
Hello and welcome back… It has been a few months since I have published a blog post. More like 126 days, to be exact. Unfortunately, I have been dealing...
2021-11-22 (first published: 2021-11-16)
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Failover Groups for Managed Instances
If you have been following me for a while you will know that I really like the Fail over groups within Azure SQL DB and it is no different...
2021-11-22
19 reads
Reading Data from the Command Line in PowerShell–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. In every language I’ve coded in, there is...
2021-11-22
98 reads
SQL Server 2022 is coming
SQL Server 2022 is still in private preview (Microsoft MVP folks have access to it), but you can now read about the new release before it is released: SQL...
2021-11-22
191 reads
Blogs
Redgate and Rome
By Steve Jones
I’m at the UK Redgate office today, meeting with senior leaders in all areas...
Quick Tip: Check Most DTU Expensive Queries in Azure SQL Database
Optimizing Azure SQL Database performance often begins with identifying the most resource-intensive queries. Understanding...
PowerShell Newbie – Variables
By gbargsley
This is Week 2 of PowerShell Strikes Back – a four-week May series for...
Forums
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The Distance Metric
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Question of the Day
The Distance Metric
In the new VECTOR_DISTANCE() function in SQL Server 2025, the first parameter is the distance_metric. What is this?
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