ALTER TABLE Fails on Replicated Tables With Isolation Level SERIALIZABLE or READ UNCOMMITTED on SQL2012 and Earlier
It’s 4am in the morning and my phone starts ringing.
A blury eyed, me picks it up to hear the voice...
2019-02-07
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Blog Posts
Data Warehousing Tip #5 – Use surrogate keys
My fifth data warehousing tip is to always use surrogate keys for your dimension and fact tables.
Surrogate keys are keys...
2019-02-07 (first published: 2019-01-18)
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Dynamic Data Masking in the execution plan
I think Dynamic Data Masking is pretty cool. The idea is basically to provide a mask for certain users when...
2019-02-07
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How Many Data Gateways Does My Azure BI Architecture Need?
It’s not always obvious when you need a data gateway in Azure, and not all gateways are labeled as such....
2019-02-07
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How To Use Power BI Embedded For Your Customers
Recently I had a need to build a Power BI report for a client. This client has a multi-tenant database and their own custom web app. They want to...
2019-02-07
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How To Use Power BI Embedded For Your Customers
Recently I had a need to build a Power BI report for a client. This client has a multi-tenant database...
2019-02-07
859 reads
Migrating From Hipchat To Slack
Last Minute Migration?
If you are about to perform a last minute migration here's a couple tips as you jump ship from Hipchat and move to Slack. Hipchat is sunsetting...
2019-02-07
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Optimizing for Ad Hoc Workloads
Watch this week’s episode on YouTube.
The execution plan cache is a great feature: after SQL Server goes through the effort...
2019-02-07 (first published: 2019-01-22)
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SQL Server Database Experimentation Assistant - How to Run a Capture
DEA
Very basic look at the setup as I couldn’t find much documentation on this when I last tried this out in 2018. Maybe it will help you get started...
2019-02-07
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Automating T-SQL for Azure SQL Database via Logic Apps
Have you ever wanted to capture the T-SQL, waits, sessions IDs (etc) at a specific time for Azure SQL Database?...
2019-02-06
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Blogs
Capturing My Own Metrics: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
A customer was trying to compare two tables and capture a state as a...
Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
By Zikato
When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
T-SQL Tuesday #200: When I Look at a Query …
By Steve Jones
This month is a milestone for T-SQL Tuesday. It’s number 200, which doesn’t sound...
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Five Intelligent Query Processing Features in SQL Server 2022 That Quietly Tune Your Workload
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Checking the Error Log I
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Checking the Error Log I
On my SQL Server 2025, I want to search the error log from my T-SQL code for potential issues and then inform an administrator. What is the current way to easily query the error log?
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