T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #008: Gettin’ Schooled
To view posts about previous T-SQL Tuesday entries, please use this tag. The late, great, Robert Davis invited us on Independence Day 2010 to write about Gettin’ Schooled: We...
2021-01-06
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Blog Posts
3 Highly Improved Help Queries for XEvents in Azure SQL
XEvents is here to stay and is a powerful tool for ALL of your SQL implementations - whether they be Azure SQL or the traditional on-premises SQL Server.
The post...
2021-01-05
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Daily Coping 5 Jan 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...
2021-01-05
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Importance of data governance in the Covid era
Covid-driven disruption calls for a higher degree of consistency and clarity on the data assets handled by any organization, because in the months to come there will be a...
2021-01-05
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Retrieving Log Analytics Data with Data Factory
I’ve been working on a project where I use Azure Data Factory to retrieve data from the Azure Log Analytics API. The query language used by Log Analytics is...
2021-01-05 (first published: 2020-12-24)
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Saving the Day from Delay: Recap & Series Kick-Off
Ironically, I’m a few months behind on a recap for my presentation on building and using a sustainable, dynamic date query in M code – Saving the Day from...
2021-01-05
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SQL Homework – January 2020 – Create an End of Year/New Year checklist.
It’s a brand new year and hopefully it will be better than last year. While that may be particularly true ... Continue reading
2021-01-05
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Stellar Repair for MS SQL - Product Review
Stellar Data Recovery has an amazing product designed for the Microsoft SQL Server platform to provide data recovery solutions where databases or backups get corrupted, login passwords are unknown,...
2021-01-05
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Stellar Repair for MS SQL - Product Review
Stellar Data Recovery has an amazing product designed for the Microsoft SQL Server platform to provide data recovery solutions where databases or backups get corrupted, login passwords are unknown,...
2021-01-05
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Syncing SQL databases
There are various ways to keep SQL Server databases and SQL Database/SQL Managed Instance (SQL MI) databases in-sync asynchronously that I will discuss in this blog. The main use...
2021-01-05 (first published: 2021-01-04)
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Blogs
ISACA AI Material/Exam Prep Discount (May 18 – June 30, 2026)
By Brian Kelley
If you are considering any of the ISACA AI certs like the Advanced Artificial...
A Fabric solution can be very cost effective
By ChrisJenkins
Are you currently using Microsoft Fabric or considering migrating to it? If so, there...
Track SQL Server Configuration Changes Using the Error Log
By SQLPals
Track SQL Server Configuration Changes Using the Error Log If you...
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Before Using AI with Business Data, Read This
Artificial intelligence tools are quickly becoming part of daily business operations, from document analysis...
Designing SQL Server ETL Pipelines That Don't Break at Scale
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Detecting Deadlocks Quickly
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Question of the Day
Detecting Deadlocks Quickly
In the Database Engine, when a deadlock is detected, what does the detection interval shrink to (in time)?
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