Extended Events Gets a New Home
One of the most versatile and awesome power tools given to SQL Server now has a new home! This new home will serve as a fabulous repository of extensive...
2020-05-18
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Blog Posts
I’m Speaking at #SQLSatBrisbane
I’ve always wanted to go to Australia, in fact we have a trip planned for Martin’s 60th birthday in a couple of years. But with all that’s happened in...
2020-05-18
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LANDMARK OF 1000 SUBSCRIBERS ACHIEVED. THANK YOU ALL FOR SUPPORT.
Thank you, everyone, to stay along with me on this journey. I started this blog for the self repository of SQL Server knowledge articles, Later I made it public...
2020-05-18
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Learner’s Guide to SQL Server Query Tuning
Following on from my Learner’s Guide to SQL Server Performance Triage, I’m tackling Query Tuning. In this guide, I’m experimenting with an outline style rather than expanding each paragraph....
2020-05-18 (first published: 2020-05-01)
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Negative (-) is an operator and will affect the order of operations.
An interesting question came to my attention the other day. A strange operation problem in SQL Server: -100/-100*10 = 0 ... Continue reading
2020-05-18
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PASS Summit 2020 Precon Announcement
I am thrilled to announce that I have been accepted to deliver a preconference boot camp called ‘Amplify Your Virtual SQL Server Performance‘ at this year’s PASS Summit conference,...
2020-05-18
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Stairway to Microsoft Azure SQL Database Part 3 : Purchase Models DTU vs vCore continue
In the last post, we have discussed the DTU purchase model. Azure also provides another purchase mode which is called vCore. vCore purchase model available with all three deployment...
2020-05-17
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Azure DevOps Agent Job Names
I’ve been working with some complex builds lately, multi-stage ones, and I’ve been annoyed by the Azure DevOps agent. If you’re like me, you might see this in Agent...
2020-05-15 (first published: 2020-04-29)
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Clumio’s Rapid Recovery is amazing for SQL Server
Clumio’s Rapid Recovery is amazing, and you should know more about it. You might not have heard of Clumio before. Clumio is an upstart SaaS-based backup solution for both...
2020-05-15 (first published: 2020-04-30)
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Daily Coping 15 May 2020
I’ve 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...
2020-05-15
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Fun with Images
By Steve Jones
We’ve celebrated our birthday many times at Redgate. In the Book of Redgate –...
Why companies use Palantir and how we help implement it in the Czech Republic
Discover how Palantir connects enterprise data, supports AI-driven decision-making and helps companies turn insights...
Why companies use Palantir and how we help implement it in the Czech Republic
Palantir is an American software platform that brings together business data from different sources...
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Packing and Decoding Device Status Codes with LEFT_SHIFT() and RIGHT_SHIFT() in SQL Server
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Question of the Day
SQL Server Audit Failures
If I have a SQL Server Server Audit setup, what are my options for configuring the instance in the event it can't write to the audit log?
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