SQL Saturday Atlanta Precon May 17
I am very proud to announce that I have been selected to present an exciting preconference training session at this year’s SQL Saturday Atlanta on May 17th, 2019, called...
2019-04-17
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Blog Posts
What’s a Key Lookup?
One of the easiest things to fix when performance tuning queries are Key Lookups or RID Lookups. The key lookup operator occurs when the query optimizer performs an index...
2019-04-17 (first published: 2019-04-03)
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Testing with Temporary Stored Procedures
A while back I learned that it’s possible to create temporary stored procedures in SQL Server. I never put that knowledge into practice however because I struggled to think of...
2019-04-16 (first published: 2019-04-02)
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Validation activity in Azure Data Factory - Traffic light of your operational workflow
(2019-Apr-02) Last week Microsoft introduced a new Validation activity task to the Azure Data Factory (ADF) - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/control-flow-validation-activity Initially, I was confused by its name, thinking that it would help me...
2019-04-16 (first published: 2019-04-03)
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Window Functions vs GROUP BYs
Watch this week's video on YouTube
There are many options available for improving the performance of a query: indexes, statistics, configuration settings, etc...
However, not all environments allow you to use...
2019-04-16
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Window Functions vs GROUP BYs
Watch this week's video on YouTube
There are many options available for improving the performance of a query: indexes, statistics, configuration settings, etc...
However, not all environments allow you to use...
2019-04-16
8 reads
Actual Emails: How do I learn SQL Server despite limited SQL duties at work?
Got this email from a client in the southern US asking how to up their game in SQL Server, frustrated by a lack of hands-on opportunities to administer SQL...
2019-04-15
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Database Offline – Redux
A database can be offline at the time that you take over responsibility of the database. You will be asked when it was taken offline. This script will help...
2019-04-15
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Database Offline – Redux
A database can be offline at the time that you take over responsibility of the database. You will be asked when it was taken offline. This script will help...
2019-04-15
147 reads
Database Offline – Redux
A database can be offline at the time that you take over responsibility of the database. You will be asked when it was taken offline. This script will help...
2019-04-15
6 reads
Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
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String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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