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FabCon 2025 Recap

Hey fellow data friends! Wow, March was an absolutely crazy month (in the best way). It was incredible to see so many folks in Redmond for the MVP Summit,...

2025-04-30 (first published: )

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SQL Server Wait Stats

Everything in SQL Server is waiting for something…this is by design. And most people never think about it… Until your application is waiting to complete its request, sell the...

2025-04-30 (first published: )

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Using AI for Data Conversion

I’m sure I’ve never mentioned that I’m an amateur radio operator. Like Vegans and Cross Fitters, we tend to be shy and withdrawn about our predilections. BWA-HA-HA! Ok, like...

2025-04-28 (first published: )

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Why use XACT_ABORT?

This came up one day at my work when a developer was using it. I hadn’t used it before and thought I’d better check it out. It’s off by...

2025-04-28 (first published: )

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Five Ways Redshift Serverless Quietly Eats Your Budget

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It is Friday, the queries are running, and nobody is watching the bill. That...

A Career of Memories

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Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...

Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead

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As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...

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Changes, Happiness, and a Few Tears

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BCP on Linux

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You Probably Don't Need a Vector Database

By Kumar Abhishek

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BCP on Linux

When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?

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