Joining on NULLs
It’s important to be aware of columns that allow NULL values since SQL Server may handle NULLs differently than you might expect. Today I want to look at what...
2019-03-26
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Blog Posts
Joining on NULLs
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It's important to be aware of columns that allow NULL values since SQL Server may handle NULLs differently than you might expect.
Today I want...
2019-03-26
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Joining on NULLs
Watch this week's video on YouTube
It's important to be aware of columns that allow NULL values since SQL Server may handle NULLs differently than you might expect.
Today I want...
2019-03-26
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Persisting databases with named volumes on Windows with docker compose
With all things containers I refer to my good friend Andrew Pruski. Known as dbafromthecold on twitter he blogs at https://dbafromthecold.com I was reading his latest blog post Using...
2019-03-26
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Scalar UDF Inlining in SQL Server 2019 – Simpler functions
I recently published a post detailing the new Scalar UDF Inlining feature in SQL 2019 here. That post introduced the...
2019-03-26 (first published: 2019-03-11)
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Using Kubernetes Deployments for Updating SQL Server
In Kubernetes we can leverage Controllers to help manage our application state, keeping them in the desired state. In this...
2019-03-26 (first published: 2019-03-12)
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An Experiment with Deadlocks
There seems to be a myth out there that when deadlocks come a-knocking, then just throw this little directive (ROWLOCK) at it and all will be well. This is...
2019-03-25
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An Experiment with Deadlocks
There seems to be a myth out there that when deadlocks come a-knocking, then just throw this little directive (ROWLOCK) at it and all will be well. This is...
2019-03-25
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Can You Force A Parallel Plan in Query Store?
I love the questions I get when presenting: Can You Force a Parallel Plan in Query Store. I haven’t a clue. The trick I think is going to be...
2019-03-25
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Changing physical locations of all DBs
I got a request this week from an application engineer. The request was to move ALL physical database files from...
2019-03-25 (first published: 2012-07-02)
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Blogs
Using Prompt AI for a Travel Data Analysis
By Steve Jones
I was looking back at my year and decided to see if SQL Prompt...
FinOps for Kubernetes: Leveraging OpenCost, KubeGreen, and Kubecost for Cost Efficiency
In the era of cloud-native applications, Kubernetes has become the default standard platform for...
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
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SQL Art, Part 2: New Year Fireworks in SSMS
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
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