Turn Your WordPress.com Blog into a Podcast with Anchor
If you’re a blogger, you’ve already done the hard part by creating great content — so you should share that content as widely as possible! One way is by...
2021-02-22
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Blog Posts
Virtual User Group Presentations, Feb 23-24
I'll be presenting at two virtual SQL data platform communities this week on a couple well-rehearsed topics, each with fresh updates.
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EST
DBA...
2021-02-22
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Using Docker on Mac to have persistent SQL Server settings and databases
This is a super simple way to retain the data and settings that you create and change on your SQL Server Docker instance. There’s a lot of talk about...
2021-02-21
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Followup for the Kansas City SQL Server User Group
I had a great time speaking at the Kansas City SQL Server User Group on Thursday, February 18th. The more I present my Backup Basics with PowerShell and dbatools...
2021-02-20
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2021-02-20
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Daily Coping 19 Feb 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...
2021-02-19
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Data Mesh defined
The two latest trends in emerging data platform architectures are the Data Lakehouse (the subject of my last blog Data Lakehouse defined), and the Data Mesh, the subject of...
2021-02-19 (first published: 2021-02-16)
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Learning A Little Oracle
As part of my job, I’ve been tasked with doing some of my work in Oracle, so I’m learning Oracle. Allow me to share a little of my pain...
2021-02-19 (first published: 2021-02-15)
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ADF, XML objects and XPath in the expression language
When you use ADF, there are two sides to the coin. The first is the data itself that ADF does very well, from moving it from one site to...
2021-02-18 (first published: 2021-02-12)
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Azure SQL Database F and M series
Taking a screen shot from my Azure Portal, you will see the available hardware configurations available for Azure SQL Database. I wrote about Generation 4 and 5 in the...
2021-02-18
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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...
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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?
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T-SQL Trigonometric Functions in SQL Server
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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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