T-SQL Tuesday #116 – SQL on Linux Installation
Hey look who is hosting T-SQL Tuesday, it is me, and I’m late. Sorry I broke my demo machines for Linux and had to set up everything again so...
2019-07-12
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Blog Posts
Azure SQL Elastic Jobs
The purpose of an Elastic Job is to execute a T-SQL script that is scheduled or executed ad-hoc against a group of Azure SQL databases. Targets can be in...
2019-07-11
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Finding Data Gaps
Quality data is a goal we all strive to attain. Nobody wants to have bad data. Yet, despite our best efforts, the problem of bad data has its way...
2019-07-11
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Get email alert when number of queries waiting for CPU exceeds thresold
You may have situations where the CPU % usage is well below the alert threshold but still queries are running slow because they are waiting for CPU to be...
2019-07-11
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Introducing sp_AzSQLDBPermissions (Beta)
I’ve written a version of my permissions scripts for Azure SQL Database. It’s still in Beta but I’m confident enough ... Continue reading
2019-07-11 (first published: 2019-06-27)
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Powershell one liner to export data directly from SQL Server to Excel
Most of the times I use the CSV files whenever I need to import or export SQL Server data. And then if I need to do further analysis on...
2019-07-11
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Spark and dotnet in a single docker container
I really like the new dotnet driver for Spark because I think it makes spark more accesable to devs who might not know pythpn or scala.
If you want to...
2019-07-11
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Spark and dotnet in a single docker container
I really like the new dotnet driver for Spark because I think it makes spark more accesable to devs who might not know pythpn or scala.
If you want to...
2019-07-11
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Understanding Columnstore Indexes in SQL Server Part 1
Recently I reviewed filtered indexes, this time let’s look at columnstore indexes. These indexes are very useful for data warehouse workloads and large tables. They can improve query performance...
2019-07-11 (first published: 2019-06-26)
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Better SQL Server memory defaults in 2019
In 2016 I created the Max Server Memory Matrix as a guide for configuring the maximum amount of memory that should be assigned to SQL Server, using an algorithm developed...
2019-07-10
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
Self-Hosting a Photo Server the Whole Family Can Use
By Bert Wagner
Until recently, my family's 90,000+ photos have been hidden away in the depths of...
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Question of the Day
UNISTR Escape
In SQL Server 2025, I run this command:
SELECT UNISTR('*3041*308A*304C\3068 and good night', '*') as "A Classic";
What is returned? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
A: 
B: 
C: 
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