What do you do when technology changes? : T-SQL Tuesday #138
Our host for this month’s TSQL Tuesday is Andy Leonard (blog|twitter). He’d like us to discuss how we handle changes ... Continue reading
2021-05-11
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Blog Posts
#PowershellBasics: Setting a variable vs a comparison.
In SQL Server both the set and equality functions are handled by the equals sign (=). For example: Set Equality ... Continue reading
2021-05-10 (first published: 2021-04-27)
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Basic XML Queries–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I ran across a question recently on querying...
2021-05-10
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Daily Coping 10 May 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...
2021-05-10
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Expanding Inclusion and Diversity – Better Linking
I’m a native English writer/speaker. Some might debate how well I really know the language, but I am a native. I wasn’t a good student of languages. I struggled...
2021-05-10 (first published: 2021-04-26)
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Query Compile Time
A question that came up recently was how to track the query compile time. It’s actually a pretty interesting question because, there aren’t that many ways to tell how...
2021-05-10
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New Blog post- Best practices for migrating Microsoft SQL Server databases to Amazon EC2 using CloudEndure Migration
Check out my new blog post-Best practices for migrating Microsoft SQL Server databases to Amazon EC2 using CloudEndure Migration
2021-05-09
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New Blog post- Best practices for migrating Microsoft SQL Server databases to Amazon EC2 using CloudEndure Migration
Check out my new blog post-Best practices for migrating Microsoft SQL Server databases to Amazon EC2 using CloudEndure Migration
2021-05-09
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Azure SQL database security
In Azure database, security is managed through multiple-layers such as network layer, server layer and database layer. A secure blue print in deploying Azure SQL(more...)
2021-05-08
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Azure SQL database SKU selection
When migrating on-premise SQL Server database to Azure SQL environment, identifying the right compute capacity of the target environment to match the resource consumption of(more...)
2021-05-08
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Blogs
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech
By gbargsley
If you've been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...
Designing a Storage Load Test for SQL Server
I’ve been doing storage load tests for SQL Server for a long time, both...
Forums
SQL 2019 instance with AG, across 2 Windows 2016 OS servers - OSin-place upgrade
Hi all Can I get some perspective from the community please on performing in-place...
How Long is a Long I/O?
Comments posted to this topic are about the item How Long is a Long...
T-SQL Trigonometric Functions in SQL Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item T-SQL Trigonometric Functions in SQL...
Question of the Day
How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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