Persist Sample Percent in SQL Server IS NOT PERSISTED!
When a bug jumps out and surprises me I like to share it so others do not run into the same unexpected result. I don’t think there is any...
2020-09-03 (first published: 2020-08-24)
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Blog Posts
When one of your DBA colleagues leaves the company, what is your checklist?
Whether it’s in our personal lives or the professional one, we do have checklists for certain tasks. On the professional level, it can be purely technical like SQL Server...
2020-09-03
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Adaptive Joins in SQL Server
SQL Server 2017 (compatibility 140) brought us many Intelligent Query Processing (IQP), formally known as Adaptive Query Processing, features that improve performance on workloads straight out of the box...
2020-09-02
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Daily Coping 2 Sep 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...
2020-09-02
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Group By 2020 Fall Edition – Call For Speakers
The Call for Speakers for the 2020 Fall edition of GroupBy is open, but it closes in just 3 days! We’re currently using Sessionize to help us organize this...
2020-09-02
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Recursively Querying Row Groups
Recursively Querying Related Rows Recursive queries are fun to plan and write. They can be frustrating too depending on the complexity of the problem you are trying to solve....
2020-09-02 (first published: 2020-08-25)
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The final word on storage for DATETIME2
Two years ago I wrote a post that got a lot of traction in the comments at the time. Last month there was renewed interest because one of the...
2020-09-02
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Who is your Fail-Safe Agent??
Did you know it is possible for SQL Server Agent to alert you of problems if something goes haywire with your Agent? Have you ever had an issue with...
2020-09-02 (first published: 2020-08-25)
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Creating Azure SQL Database AAD Contained Database Users with an SPN using PowerShell, Secrets Management, Azure Key Vault, and dbatools
Following on from my posts about using Secret Management Good bye Import-CliXml and running programmes as a different user, I have another use case. After creating Azure SQL Databases...
2020-09-01 (first published: 2020-08-21)
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Daily Coping 1 Sep 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...
2020-09-01
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Blogs
A New Word: Anderance
By Steve Jones
anderance – n. the awareness that your partner perceives the relationship from a totally...
Troubleshooting SQL Server – Starting with the Error Log
By gbargsley
We’ve all been there. Someone walks up and asks, “Is SQL Server having issues?”...
From OLTP to Analytics: Bridging the Gap with Modern SQL Architectures
By Chris Yates
In the beginning, there was OLTP – Online Transaction Processing. Fast, reliable, and ruthlessly...
Forums
Experimental Verification of the NKTg Law on 8 Planets (NASA 2024 Data, SQL)
Nguyen Khanh Tung Email: traiphieu.com@gmail.com ORCID: 0009-0002-9877-4137 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract This article presents a numerical...
Work out closing balance using opening balance of prior month
Hello, I think I need a recursive cte query but unsure of the logic....
Question of the Day
Tables with a SPARSE Column and Consumption
True or False: Tables with a SPARSE column consume more space than regular columns if most values are NOT NULL.
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