Speaking at SQLIntersection Orlando 2020
I’m very pleased to announce that I will be speaking at SQL Intersection April 2020! This is my first time speaking at SQL Intersection and I’m very excited to...
2020-02-08
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Blog Posts
Speaking at SQLIntersection Orlando 2020
I’m very pleased to announce that I will be speaking at SQL Intersection April 2020! This is my first time speaking at SQL Intersection and I’m very excited to...
2020-02-08
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How Do You Decide When Can Doesn't Mean Should?
An old proverb states, “Fire is a good servant but a bad master.” Put simply, it means that when controlled, fire is a life-sustaining element. We need it for...
2020-02-07
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New .NET Notebooks are here – PowerShell 7 notebooks are here.
Data Science folk used Notebooks for documentation and to show re-runnable research. Azure Data Studio included this notebook functionality and added SQL kernel where with a little bit of...
2020-02-07
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SQL Homework – February 2020 – Write a blog post.
Following along with last month’s documentation homework this month I want you to write a blog post. But Ken, what ... Continue reading
2020-02-07 (first published: 2020-02-03)
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Temporarily enable TLS 1.0/1.1? – Be sure you check this keys
There are some actions that we know that will have to be repeated from time to time, but the surprise comes when it’s time to do so and the...
2020-02-07 (first published: 2020-02-04)
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Performance Tuning with Computed Columns
Computed Column can be utilized to optimize the query performance. It can be leveraged, to make the query sargeable, to make proper use of available indexes.
In this article,...
2020-02-06
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Profiler: Time To Go
I’ve decided that, in fact, it is time to start moving people off the ancient technology, Profiler. Before, I always said, stay where you’re comfortable. However, keeping people comfortable...
2020-02-06 (first published: 2020-02-03)
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Tell Me About Your Worst Database Code Offenders
For years, I’ve done consulting around helping organizations tune their database platforms, both from within the database and underneath, to help boost performance and availability. Some database design or...
2020-02-06 (first published: 2020-02-03)
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CREATE TABLE MyTable (Col1 CHARACTER VARYING (50))
If you read the title to this post and your first thought was That’s not SQL is it? then you ... Continue reading
2020-02-05 (first published: 2020-01-27)
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Blogs
Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
By Zikato
When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
T-SQL Tuesday #200: When I Look at a Query …
By Steve Jones
This month is a milestone for T-SQL Tuesday. It’s number 200, which doesn’t sound...
Reflections on the Life of a DBA
The DBA life is fraught with pain. Those battles that we endure are mostly...
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Checking the Error Log I
On my SQL Server 2025, I want to search the error log from my T-SQL code for potential issues and then inform an administrator. What is the current way to easily query the error log?
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