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I am very excited to announce that I will be taking my paid precon content “Tools for SQL Server Query Performance Tuning” and presenting it for free. This is...
2020-04-23 (first published: 2020-04-16)
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Blog Posts
SQL Prompt Fixes Poor Order By Coding
SQL Prompt is a fantastic coding aid, but it does more than format your code and provide intellisense. Over time, the team has enhanced SQL Prompt to also guide...
2020-04-23 (first published: 2020-04-15)
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A Bug in ‘Move All Your SQL Database and Log Files in Bulk’
It looks like we had a bug the in the SQL script in Move All Your SQL Database and Log Files in Bulk. No worries though, it’s all been fixed...
2020-04-22
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Daily Coping 22 Apr 2020
I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each...
2020-04-22
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EightKB – A new virtual SQL Server event
With all the events that have been cancelled over the next few months due to the on-going COVID-19 crisis, Mark Wilkinson (b|t), Anthony Nocentino (b|t), and I wanted to...
2020-04-22 (first published: 2020-04-15)
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How SQL Server stores data types: DATETIME, DATE, TIME, and DATETIME2
This post dives into how SQL Server stores date and time data types in memory and on disk. But first, a note about endianness: CPUs manufactured by Intel and...
2020-04-22
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Jupyter Book Challenges in ADS
I was excited to try the Jupyter Book feature in the March Azure Data Studio (ADS) release. I’ve thought notebooks were an interesting way to teach and I’m looking...
2020-04-22 (first published: 2020-04-08)
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Running Azure SQL Database Edge on a Raspberry Pi
One of the coolest new projects out there is Azure SQL Database Edge: – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/sql-database-edge/ This allows SQL to run on ARM devices, just think how many devices are...
2020-04-22
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Running Azure SQL Database Edge on a Raspberry Pi
One of the coolest new projects out there is Azure SQL Database Edge: – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/sql-database-edge/ This allows SQL Server to run on ARM devices which will expand the range...
2020-04-22
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Coding Standards Gone Bad in SQL Server
Knowing your data is very important when it comes to writing code. Now I’ll admit that I am very far from being a developer, however as a DBA, I...
2020-04-21
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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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