Watch: Can This Team Succeed at DevOps? Panel discussion
I recently participated in a panel discussion for the SQL PASS DevOps virtual chapter. If you didn’t make the meeting, you can catch our 90 minute discussion here about...
2019-01-10
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Blog Posts
Why is the query hash so useful?
An example of how I use the query hash
I wrote a blog on what the query hash is, right here....
2019-01-10
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A Monumental Migration to SQL Server 2016 - Part 2
In my previous post, I outlined the preparations we undertook to migrate a large SQL Server 2008R2 instance to SQL Server 2016. This post details migration day.
Final Prep We...
2019-01-09
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A shell for working with Kubernetes
I’m always a fan of tools that can make my life easier.
One tool that I’ve recently come across is...
2019-01-09
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Back to the future
It’s January 2019 as I write this. I realized that I started on my journey with SQL Server in 1998,...
2019-01-09
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BIOS and OS Power Settings to enhance SQL Server Performance
Performance is always a most prioritized task for any DBA and every DBA always prefer to go for a proactive...
2019-01-09
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Please Vote for my article "SQL Triggers - An Introduction" on CodeProject.
Please Vote for my article "SQL Triggers - An Introduction" on CodeProject.
One of my Code Project article on SQL Trigger has...
2019-01-09
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Please Vote for my article "SQL Triggers - An Introduction" on CodeProject.
Please Vote for my article "SQL Triggers - An Introduction" on CodeProject.One of my Code Project article on SQL Trigger has been selected as entry in this contest. I...
2019-01-09
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Pro SQL Server on Linux–Install
As part of my learning goals for 2018, I wanted to work through various books. This is part of my...
2019-01-09
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Query memory grants part 2: Varchars and sorting
Why the heck did we make all our columns varchar? That’s a hypothetical question, please.
But now we have to pay...
2019-01-09
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Blogs
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
Forums
SQL Server 2019 - Agent job PowerShell step issue
I have a couple of SQL Agent job steps which run PowerShell commands of...
Database security permissions save script
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Database security permissions save script
Database backup job steps
I have a SQL Agent job for backing up a set of Analysis Services...
Question of the Day
The Large Encoded Value
I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
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