Security Learning Pathway at PASS Summit.
This year PASS is trying something new at PASS Summit. There are going to be Learning Pathways. A learning pathway ... Continue reading
2019-05-17
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Blog Posts
'Ups...I have deleted some data. Can you put it back?' - dbatools for the rescue
Few days ago I received a request to restore a dozen of tables because someone have deleted more data than it was supposed. I immediately thought about dbatools for...
2019-05-17
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Find identical duplicate indexes - Revised
I realized yesterday I posted this quickly after testing only against SQL 2016 version. So I decided to also test against SQL 2014 and 2012 versions to make sure...
2019-05-16
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New Pluralsight Course – Managing the Kubernetes API Server and Pods
New Pluralsight Course – Managing the Kubernetes API Server and Pods
My new course “Managing the Kubernetes API Server and Pods” in now available on Pluralsight here! Check out the trailer here or if you...
2019-05-16
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New Pluralsight Course – Managing the Kubernetes API Server and Pods
New Pluralsight Course – Managing the Kubernetes API Server and Pods My new course “Managing the Kubernetes API Server and Pods” in now available on Pluralsight here! Check out the trailer here or if you...
2019-05-16
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OpenSSH Resources for Windows and PowerShell
Had a conversation with a good friend in the SQL Community about OpenSSH and how it fits as a transport layer for PowerShell Remoting. I pointed him towards several...
2019-05-16 (first published: 2019-05-04)
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Track SQL Server Database Recovery Progress – ErrorLog
This question has come up many times how to capture the SQL Server Database Recovery Progress or Total time take to recover a database. It will help to plan...
2019-05-16 (first published: 2019-05-04)
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How to delete a lot of data from a SQL Server database
How to delete data efficiently When we delete data from a table in SQL Server, we can often find that the delete is slower than even the original insert,...
2019-05-15
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How to delete a lot of data from a SQL Server database
How to delete data efficiently When we delete data from a table in SQL Server, we can often find that the delete is slower than even the original insert,...
2019-05-15
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Proposed SQL Server defaults: max server memory
A few months ago I suggested that the following settings should be the default for most SQL Server instances: Set cost threshold for parallelism to 50 Disable lightweight pooling...
2019-05-15
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Blogs
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
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Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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