Log Analytics with Dedicated SQL Pools (Formerly SQL DW)
There are a lot of services in Azure. Way more than a few. What is something you want to do with all your services and applications? You want to...
2021-11-01
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Blog Posts
Skirmishes with automated deployment of Azure Data Factory
When it comes to Azure Data Factory deployment, I always have a few words to say. You might be aware that there are two approaches in this terms. I...
2021-11-01
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Daily Coping 29 Oct 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...
2021-10-29
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External Temp Tables Preventing Plan Reuse in Stored Procedures
Here’s an interesting issue that recently came up. We were seeing very high compilations and recompilations on a server to the point that it started causing us some very...
2021-10-29 (first published: 2021-10-19)
338 reads
Group By Starting Characters
I was chatting with Jeff (b|t) on my team yesterday and the context escapes me but I had this thought: “Can you Group By the beginning characters, or a...
2021-10-29 (first published: 2021-10-22)
504 reads
The First Live SQL Saturday in 2021
I’m getting ready to board a plane now, heading to Orlando for the first live SQL Saturday in 2021. I’m excited and looking forward to seeing friends that I’ve...
2021-10-29
19 reads
Daily Coping 28 Oct 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...
2021-10-28
12 reads
Daily Coping 27 Oct 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...
2021-10-27
17 reads
Lesson Learned From Multi-Threading with dbatools
Over the summer, I spent some (a lot of) time working on updates to a script at work which runs multiple processes in parallel. Everything seemed to work OK...
2021-10-27
8 reads
Lesson Learned From Multi-Threading with dbatools
Over the summer, I spent some (a lot of) time working on updates to a script at work which runs multiple processes in parallel. Everything seemed to work OK...
2021-10-27
33 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
SSRS Is Dead. Here Are Your Real Options
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The Distance Metric
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The New Wave of Security Threats
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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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