Rewriting The Query Tuning Book
While I have not yet signed the contract, I have submitted an outline and proposal for a new version of my book on query performance tuning. Most of the...
2021-09-13
3 reads
Blog Posts
Rewriting The Query Tuning Book
While I have not yet signed the contract, I have submitted an outline and proposal for a new version of my book on query performance tuning. Most of the...
2021-09-13
35 reads
Single-cloud versus Multi-cloud
A discussion I have seen many companies have is if they should be single-cloud (using only one cloud company) or multi-cloud (using more than one cloud company). The three...
2021-09-13 (first published: 2021-08-26)
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Matillion: strategic to modern at Connect for Health Colorado
As part of its ‘All Cloud’ push that began to take shape in 2019, Connect for Health Colorado (C4) selected Matillion ETL to be its cloud ETL/ELT tool. At...
2021-09-12
4 reads
Setting Trace Flags and Configuring SQL Server Containers
In this blog post, we will walk through a few examples of how to configure SQL Server in Docker Containers. First, we will configure a container at runtime by...
2021-09-12
158 reads
Setting Trace Flags and Configuring SQL Server in Kubernetes
In this blog post, we will walk through a few examples of configuring SQL Server in Kubernetes. First, we will create a Deployment for SQL Server, override the container’s...
2021-09-12
14 reads
My personal experience with a split-brain scenario in MSSQL Server
The split-brain scenario in a database environment is a situation whereby the communication link between two different sites is broken, as a result of this situation the production database...
2021-09-11
26 reads
AWS BYOC – Bring your own SQL Server cluster with AWS EC2 and SIOS
Originally posted on DataSteve: Introduction They are multiple options to implement HADR solution for SQL Server in AWS public cloud. The easiest way to do that is to use...
2021-09-10 (first published: 2021-08-25)
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Daily Coping 10 Sep 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...
2021-09-10
16 reads
Goal Progress for August 2021
I set goals at the beginning of the year, and I’m tracking my progress in these updates during 2021. I’m late in putting this out, but here goes. Current...
2021-09-10
15 reads
Blogs
Enterprise AI Operating Rhythm – Top 5 practices for 2026
2025 exposed a growing gap between AI ambition and operational reality. As budgets tightened...
Stop Being Surprised by Your Azure Bill: Use Budgets
By John
When organizations migrate workloads to Azure, the focus is usually on architecture, performance, and...
Resetting on the AI hype train
By Brian Kelley
There's a great article from MIT Technology Review about resetting on the hype of...
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The Max PK Length
If I create a multiple column Primary Key constraint, what is the most number of bytes I can include in the constraint?
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