A New Git Default Branch
I learned a new trick from Andrew Pruski. In a blog on avoiding PowerPoint, he had htis neat trick: git config --global init.defaultBranch main Apparently, this is a new...
2021-03-09 (first published: 2021-03-01)
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Blog Posts
Daily Coping 9 Mar 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...
2021-03-09
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Disabling Non-Clustered Indexes For Fun and Profit
One of the frequently quoted ETL best practices is to disable your non-clustered indexes during a data load. Basically the conventional wisdom is that you disable the non-clustered indexes,...
2021-03-09 (first published: 2021-03-02)
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SQL server BIGINT
It has been a while since I wrote a blog post for TSQL Tuesday and there is no better time then now following on from Brent Ozar’s Invite about...
2021-03-09
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T-SQL Tuesday #136: Your Favorite (or Least Favorite) Data Type
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community member each month, and this month Brent Ozar (blog | twitter) asks us to talk about data...
2021-03-09
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T-SQL Tuesday #136: Your Favorite (or Least Favorite) Data Type
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community member each month, and this month Brent Ozar (blog | twitter) asks us to talk about data...
2021-03-09
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T-SQL Tuesday #136–The Datatype Blog
It’s that time of the month again, and this time it’s an interesting topic. The invitation is from Iceland, where Brent Ozar has relocated for the foreseeable future. I’m...
2021-03-09
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Daily Coping 8 Mar 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...
2021-03-08
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Introducing WordPress Stories: A New Way to Engage Your Audience
Interested in a new way to create and publish engaging content on your WordPress site? Today, we're unveiling our new Stories feature, now available in the WordPress apps.
2021-03-08
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Stellar Toolkit for MS SQL - Software Review
As a SQL database administrator, I am responsible for maintaining our organization's SQL Server and databases. But despite implementing best database maintenance practices, including backups and performing DBCC CHECKDB...
2021-03-08
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #198 Roundup: How Do You Detect Data Changes?
Thank you to everyone who participated in T-SQL Tuesday #198! When I wrote the...
Optimizing Redshift Performance by Configuring WLM Queues
Efficient query performance in Amazon Redshift often comes down to how well you manage...
PowerShell Strikes Back: Return of the Loop
By gbargsley
Welcome back to PowerShell Strikes Back. We’re three weeks in, and the training is...
Forums
Dealing with huge heap tables
Recently, our dev teams approach me for advice on improving their huge heap table...
Merge Replication failing with Error converting data type nvarchar to numeric
After upgrading 2 Merge Replicated databases to SQL 2022 and re-establishing the Merge Replication...
Why Your Index Isn't Being Used? - Reading Execution Plans to Find the Real Culprit
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Why Your Index Isn't Being...
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Distance Metric Algorithms
What are the distance metric algorithms that can be used in VECTOR_DISTANCE()?
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