T-SQL Tuesday #121: Gifts received for this year Redux 2020
At the end of 2019, Mala (b|t) invited us to write about the gifts we’ve gotten during the year. I’ve decided to try to make this yearly habit. This year...
2020-12-16
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T-SQL Tuesday #121: Gifts received for this year Redux 2020
At the end of 2019, Mala (b|t) invited us to write about the gifts we’ve gotten during the year. I’ve decided to try to make this yearly habit. This year...
2020-12-16
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Azure Synapse Analytics is GA!
(Note: I will give a demo on Azure Synapse Analytics this Saturday Dec 5th at 1:10pm EST, at the PASS SQL Saturday Atlanta BI (info) (register) (full schedule)) Great...
2020-12-15 (first published: 2020-12-04)
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Daily Coping 15 Dec 2020
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...
2020-12-15
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ETL Antipattern: Lazy Metadata
If data is a train, then metadata is the track on which it travels. A good metadata definition in ETL processes will help to ensure that the flow of...
2020-12-15
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On table variable row estimations
At first glance, the question of how many rows are estimated from a table variable is easy. But, is it really that simple? Well, not really. To dig into...
2020-12-15
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Tracking costliest queries
Being a Database Developer or Administrator, often we work on Performance Optimization of the queries and procedures. It becomes very necessary that we focus on the right queries to...
2020-12-15 (first published: 2020-12-07)
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5 Things You Should Know About Azure SQL
Azure SQL offers up a world of benefits that can be captured by consumers if implemented correctly. It will not solve all your problems, but it can solve quite...
2020-12-14 (first published: 2020-12-04)
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Daily Coping 14 Dec 2020
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...
2020-12-14
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ETL Antipattern: Performing Full Loads Instead of Incremental Loads
In my last post in the ETL Antipatterns series, I wrote about the common antipattern of ingesting or loading more data than necessary. This brief post covers one specific...
2020-12-14
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Designing SQL Server ETL Pipelines That Don't Break at Scale
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Detecting Deadlocks Quickly
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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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