How SQL Server stores data types: XML
This week we’re looking at how the database engine stores the XML data type in SQL Server and Azure SQL Database. If you would like to read about storage of...
2020-09-09
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Blog Posts
New Microsoft Azure Certifications presentation at BRSSUG
Hi internet!
Thanks to the surprising number of you who joined our first ever virtual meeting of the Baton Rouge .NET and SQL Server User Groups tonight!
I presented on the...
2020-09-09
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Podcast recording – Mixed Extents 01 – Cloud vs. On-Prem
I’m thrilled to have been part of the second EightKB Mixed Extents podcast recording where Joey D’Antoni, Melody Zacharias, Andrew Pruski, Mark Wilkinson, Anthony Nocentino, and I talked about...
2020-09-09 (first published: 2020-08-28)
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Resizing Tempdb (When TEMPDB Wont Shrink)
Occasionally, we must resize or realign our Tempdb log file (.ldf) or data files (.mdf or .ndf) due to a growth event that forces the file size out of...
2020-09-09
206 reads
Speaking at SQLSaturday Denmark 2020
I’m delighted to announce I’m speaking at the virtual SQLSaturday Denmark at the 26th of September 2020. I’ll be speaking about the cloud datawarehouse Snowflake and its integration with...
2020-09-09
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SQLpassion Online Training about SQL Server on VMware
(Be sure to checkout the FREE SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan - you get a weekly email packed with all the essential knowledge you need to know about performance...
2020-09-09
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SQLpassion Online Training about SQL Server on VMware
(Be sure to checkout the FREE SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan - you get a weekly email packed with all the essential knowledge you need to know about performance...
2020-09-09
80 reads
Troubleshooting Performance issue like Microsoft Engineers Part 2
In the first PART we talked about the built-in tools in SQL Server management studio and some other custom packages scripts can help us in troubleshooting performance issues, but...
2020-09-09
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Troubleshooting Performance issue like Microsoft Engineers Part 2
In the first PART we talked about the built-in tools in SQL Server management studio and some other custom packages scripts can help us in troubleshooting performance issues, but...
2020-09-09
37 reads
Troubleshooting Performance issues Like Microsoft Engineers
IF you are a Database administrator and managing SQL Server Database so this article for you, this article is a parent for 3 parts for How to troubleshoot the...
2020-09-09
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Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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Backing Up a DMK
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