T-SQL Tuesday #121: Gifts received for this year
At the end of 2019, Mala (b|t) invites us to write about the gifts we’ve gotten during the year. I’ve been gifted with a lot of things this year personally...
2019-12-10
Blog Posts
T-SQL Tuesday Gifts (#121)
It’s that time of month. I missed last month while traveling, but I wanted to get back in the party. This month, Mala has invited us to talk about...
2019-12-10
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Azure SQL Database – Automatic Tuning – Have you enabled it?
Do you enable this setting to allow automatic tuning to care of all your performance needs? Well not ALL your needs, more so: CREATE INDEX DROP INDEX FORCE LAST...
2019-12-09
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Building an Azure Sandbox – Part 1 – The Basics
I recently posted that I was doing my annual Azure sandbox rebuild but this time I wanted to do things a little differently…all in PowerShell. Unlike previous years when...
2019-12-09 (first published: 2019-11-25)
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SQLSaturday Orlando Notes – Large Printed Schedules
One of the things we’ve done most years in Orlando is to print poster sized schedules. This started out as a supplement to giving everyone a printed schedule and...
2019-12-09
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Upgrading Windows 10 Home to Pro
I use Hyper-V and a few other things that require Windows 10 Pro. When I got my new laptop, it had Windows 10 home on it. Not a big...
2019-12-09
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What would you say you do here?
The other day, I was looking back at an excellent blog post my colleague Jamie Wallis wrote about what Product Marketing Managers do at Redgate. I really like the...
2019-12-09
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When a SQL UPDATE Statement DELETES Rows
Watch this week’s episode on YouTube. At first I wasn’t going to write this post. I thought it would be too simple. Then I watched two experienced SQL developers...
2019-12-09 (first published: 2019-11-26)
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#PowershellBasics: Working with arrays
I mentioned arrays in a previous post so I figured I should talk about what they are and how to ... Continue reading
2019-12-06 (first published: 2019-11-25)
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2019 PASS Summit Recap from a First Timer
Heading to PASS Summit… It is Sunday the week of PASS Summit and I am at the airport after a relaxing morning with my wife and son. Unfortunately, I...
2019-12-06
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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...
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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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