Optimize for ad hoc VS single use plans
Yesterday’s post talked about single use plans. The statements I’m using are also called ad hoc queries. The alternative to...
2019-02-20
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Blog Posts
Proposed SQL Server defaults: disable lightweight pooling
A few months ago I suggested that the following settings should be the default for most SQL Server instances. Set...
2019-02-20
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Query Store Central Repository – Part 1
I’ve worked for SaaS companies for the last 6 years or so. So our queries are largely the same across...
2019-02-20
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SQL in the City 2019 in London
We’ve started setting up our SQL in the City Summits for 2019 and the first one is London on April...
2019-02-20
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Using Power BI To Track My Activities
As a MS MVP one of the things you have to do is keep track of all the “things” you...
2019-02-20
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Using Power BI To Track My Activities
As a MS MVP one of the things you have to do is keep track of all the “things” you do for community, whether it be volunteering, organizing, speaking,...
2019-02-20
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Why do I (they) own that database?
Ever looked at the list of databases and wonder why you own one of them? Or why some other user...
2019-02-20
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7 more ways to Query Always on Availability groups
Post Updated: Replaced Query 3 with transactions/sec query.
When we first published 7 ways to Query Always On Availability Groups using...
2019-02-19
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Azure Data Lake Store Gen2 is GA
Azure Data Lake Store (ADLS) Gen2 was made generally available on February 7th. In short, ADLS Gen2 is the best of...
2019-02-19
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Azure Data Lake Store Gen2 is GA
Azure Data Lake Store (ADLS) Gen2 was made generally available on February 7th. In short, ADLS Gen2 is the best of the previous version of ADLS (now called ADLS Gen1)...
2019-02-19
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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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item GPX distance and time analysis...
The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The DBA is Dead; Long...
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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