Quick and Easy XE for Azure DB
The Cloud
It has been a minute since I gave much love or attention to Extended Events in Azure SQL DB....
2019-01-07 (first published: 2018-12-24)
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Blog Posts
SQL Bits Precon 2019
I am extremely happy to announce that I’ll be presenting a preconference training session with Bob Pusateri at this year’s...
2019-01-07
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The Top 4 Data Technology Trends Every DBA Should Know About in 2019
Join Sentry One, Kevin Kline, and me in an exciting (and laugh-filled) panel session this Wednesday, January 9th, at 2pm...
2019-01-07
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What is the Max Degree of Parallelism setting for SQL Server?
Max Degree of Parallelism is a setting that is often changed to improve performance in SQL Server. What exactly does...
2019-01-07 (first published: 2018-12-21)
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Hello Cristian,
Hello Cristian,
Thank you for sharing the link and your contribution. The idea behind the article is to be able to upload any file while the server is been provisioned....
2019-01-06
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Last Week Reading (2019-01-06)
Good morning chaps! Bunch of news from data’s world freshly served. Press Introduction to Testing Your PowerShell Code with Pester...
2019-01-06
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When does it make sense to hire a data science consulting company?
Going into 2019, data science and machine learning is all the hype. Organizations in every industry are starting to realize...
2019-01-06
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One tip for presenting: have a conversation
I like public speaking, but I haven’t always liked it. It started when I read Dale Carnegie’s book on public...
2019-01-05
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Short Circuiting Your Session
It isn't very often that one would consider a short circuit to be a desired outcome. In SQL Server we have a cool exception to that rule - Extended...
2019-01-05
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Automatic Tuning Monitoring and Diagnostics
Thanks to Extended Events (XE), we have access to a guide of sorts that will help us better understand if our shiny new tool (automatic tuning) is operating as...
2019-01-04
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
How to change the FDLaunch Error log file location
The file FDLAUNCHERRORLOG gets created in the default <instance>\MSSQL\Log folder. So far, I've found...
what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
can i use Rowversioncol ( in my database it's synonyme timestamp is used) to...
Radius Latitude Longitude
I have a table with latitude longitude in the format. 45.123456 , -111.123456 ,...
Question of the Day
A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
"All programs have a desire to be useful."Happy April Fools! See possible answers