Interview with Andre Melancia
This is my second interview! This time with Andre who is a cat lover and great speaker! Here you can find the interview!
2019-04-24
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Blog Posts
Join me for a PASS Summit Pre-Con
I am very excited to announce I will be delivering a pre-conference session on SQL Server Performance Tuning on November 5th at PASS Summit 2019. If you have ever...
2019-04-24
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Testing as another user–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. This is one of those things I do...
2019-04-24 (first published: 2019-04-10)
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What’s the Mashup Engine?
I was testing something the other day and ran sp_who2 on a test instance. I saw this in the program listing: I had never seen the Mashup Engine listed...
2019-04-24
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Yes, pulling just the data you need is really important.
I was asked the other day why a customer was having performance issues on a table. A simple SELECT that ... Continue reading
2019-04-24
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CISA Accredited Trainer!
My certification came in! I’m now accredited to provide training for the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) certification. It’s not the Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) accreditation I once had...
2019-04-23
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Cool Stuff in Snowflake – Part 8: Time Travel
I’m doing a little series on some of the nice features/capabilities in Snowflake (the cloud data warehouse). In each part, I’ll highlight something that I think it’s interesting enough to...
2019-04-23 (first published: 2019-04-15)
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Correlated Subqueries vs Derived Tables
Watch this week's video on YouTube
Correlated subqueries provide an intuitive syntax for writing queries that return related data. However, they often perform poorly due to needing to execute once for...
2019-04-23
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Correlated Subqueries vs Derived Tables
Watch this week's video on YouTube
Correlated subqueries provide an intuitive syntax for writing queries that return related data. However, they often perform poorly due to needing to execute once for...
2019-04-23
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Should release cadence be slowed if you don’t have database load testing?
I got a question recently about a panel discussion on Database Development Disasters at SQL in the City Streamed. I had framed a question as, “how fast should development...
2019-04-23
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Blogs
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
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Creating JSON II
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