Azure Databricks to Power BI
A very common approach is to query data straight from Databricks via Power BI. For this you need Databricks token and the JDBC address URL. This is found within...
2020-10-20
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Blog Posts
Daily Coping 20 Oct 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...
2020-10-20
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My 800th post!
It took me a little bit longer to get here than I expected but I finally made it. 800 posts. ... Continue reading
2020-10-20
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QDS Forced Plans - Gotchas and Limitations
Released with SQL Server 2016, Query Data Store was a game changer for performance tuning. Right from Microsoft’s website: The SQL Server Query Store feature provides you with...
2020-10-20 (first published: 2020-10-13)
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Solve SQL Server Resource Database Crash
Based on Microsoft Documentation <The Resource database is a read-only database that contains all the system objects that are included with SQL Server. SQL Server system objects, such as...
2020-10-20
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Solve SQL Server Resource Database Crash
Based on Microsoft Documentation <The Resource database is a read-only database that contains all the system objects that are included with SQL Server. SQL Server system objects, such as...
2020-10-20
166 reads
Daily Coping 19 Oct 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...
2020-10-19
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Most Costly Statement in a Stored Procedure
A lot of stored procedures have multiple statements and determining the most costly statement in a given proc is a very common task. After all, you want to focus...
2020-10-19 (first published: 2020-10-12)
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SQLSaturday #1000! Join Oregon Virtually this Saturday
Honored to be a part of not just SQLSaturday #1000, but the long proud history of the free community series of SQLSaturdays celebrating their 1000th+ event. (I spoke at...
2020-10-19
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T-SQL Tuesday 131: Data Analogies, or: Explain Databases Like I’m Five!
This month’s TSQL2sday is hosted by one of my favorite presenters, Rob Volk. His challenge for us is to use analogies and explain a database concept like you would...
2020-10-19 (first published: 2020-10-13)
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Blogs
Moving On-Prem PostgreSQL to the Cloud: Picking the Right Path for Big Tables
Every PostgreSQL migration eventually hits the same fork in the road. The database is...
A Spread of Vacation
By Steve Jones
I’m off on vacation today. Which is a little weird as I just got...
How AgentDBA Identifies Backup Failures
By Arun Sirpal
Every DBA has a box like this. Sitting untouched for months. Nobody’s proud of...
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Independence Day 2026
In the original Independence Day movie (1996), what type of computer did Jeff Goldblum use to connect to the alien mainframe? Take a guess, don't look it up or ask AI.
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