Azure SQL Database Managed Instance Business Critical Tier Now Available
The business critical tier for Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is now available. Customers needing a higher level of high...
2018-12-04
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Blog Posts
High CPU and Query Store, A Story of Spinlock Heartache
This is going to be a quick look at an issue that we recently encountered, I’m not going to go...
2018-12-04 (first published: 2018-11-20)
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SQL Date functions in SQL Server
SQL date format functions like the DateDiff SQL function and DateAdd SQL Function are oft used by DBAs but many...
2018-12-04
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SQL in the City is Next Week
Next Wednesday, Dec 12, I’ll be back in the UK with Kathi, Kendra, and Grant for SQL in the City...
2018-12-04
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System Variables in Azure Data Factory: Your Everyday Toolbox
(2018-Nov-20) After working and testing the functionality of variables within Azure Data Factory pipelines, I realized that it's worth to explore...
2018-12-04 (first published: 2018-11-20)
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T-SQL Tuesday 109: Influence Somebody Invite
How have you impacted somebody in the community?
It has now been 28 months since the last time I hosted a...
2018-12-04
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T-SQL Tuesday 109: Influence Somebody Invite
Building on the work of these three fine individuals, here comes the difficult task. You have been the benefactor of some awesome help from somebody else. You even wrote...
2018-12-04
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Two Words For Faster Scalar Functions
Watch this week's video on YouTube
WITH SCHEMABINDING optimizations were added all the way back in SQL Server 2005. So why bother talking about them in 2018?
Because no one is...
2018-12-04
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Two Words For Faster Scalar Functions
Watch this week’s episode on YouTube.WITH SCHEMABINDING optimizations were added all the way back in SQL Server 2005. So why...
2018-12-04
229 reads
Two Words For Faster Scalar Functions
Watch this week's video on YouTube
WITH SCHEMABINDING optimizations were added all the way back in SQL Server 2005. So why bother talking about them in 2018?
Because no one is...
2018-12-04
6 reads
Blogs
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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