Quick SSMS Tip
It is widely known that I am a horrible speller and hate to type code. I tend to use a lot of code snippets and reuse code to avoid...
2019-09-20 (first published: 2019-09-11)
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Blog Posts
My fantasy SQL feature(s)? T-SQL Tuesday #118
It’s fantasy football time again? Oh, fantasy feature? Oh, yea, that makes a lot more sense for #tsql2sday. What’s #tsql2sday? ... Continue reading
2019-09-19 (first published: 2019-09-10)
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Quick Blog: Making the Power BI PowerShell cmdlets easier to use
One of the top reasons I love PowerShell so much is that from the beginning, it was designed to let you, yes you, make it run better for the...
2019-09-19
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Quick Blog: Making the Power BI PowerShell cmdlets easier to use
One of the top reasons I love PowerShell so much is that from the beginning, it was designed to let you, yes you, make it run better for the...
2019-09-19
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Tracking Who Last Changed a Row
This post is a response to this month’s T-SQL Tuesday #118 prompt by Kevin Chant. T-SQL Tuesday is a way for the SQL Server community to share ideas about different database and professional...
2019-09-19 (first published: 2019-09-10)
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Trouble writing? Join the club. #JustWriteTech
I was talking with a couple of excellent SQL people* recently, and we were bemoaning the difficulties and disciplines of blogging. This is what speakers do after a successful SQL...
2019-09-19
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Get Started with the For Loop Container in SSIS
SQL Server Integration Services is equipped with tasks and containers to make it easy to design and maintain the flow of ETL: which logic should be executed, when should...
2019-09-18 (first published: 2019-09-09)
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Get the Last Actual Plan With sys.dm_exec_query_plan_stats
I’ve always felt responsible for making such a big deal about the differences between estimated and actual plans. I implied in the first edition of the execution plans book...
2019-09-18 (first published: 2019-09-09)
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SQL Server 2019 – Compatibility Level in Azure
I am not sure when this became available but for Azure SQL Database 150 compatibility level is now available. Last time I created a database few weeks ago, only...
2019-09-18
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SQL Server 2019 on Docker no longer runs as root by default
In my home lab I have an Ubuntu virtual machine that runs both SQL Server 2017 and SQL Server 2019 in Docker containers. After SQL Server 2019 Release Candidate...
2019-09-18
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Blogs
Automatic Index Compaction
By ReviewMyDB
Index maintenance has always meant nightly jobs and a window you have to defend....
Monday Monitor Tips: Virtual Machine Usage and Cost
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve been requesting for a number of years is cost...
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
Forums
SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
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When running DBCC CHECKDB on SQL Server 2025, can I include the Resource Database?
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