Tab Order Enhances Power BI Report Accessibility

Like a diamond in the sky.
How I wonder what you are!
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
Up above the world...

Upgrading From SQL Server Profiler

I just shared an article describing how to use Extended Events to perform your SQL Server Profiler duties. If not,...

Upgrading From SQL Server Profiler

How to correlate all of your favorite trace/profiler options into the shiny new XE equivalents.

As luck would have it, there is a means to correlate trace/profiler events to Extended...

Useful T-SQL queries and scripts to work in SQL Server

This post is about some queries and scripts that I use in my daily work on SQL Server. Some of...

Advent of Code 2018 – Day 4 (Repose Record)

Advent of Code 2018 – Day 4
As I explained in a recent post, I’m participating in this year’s Advent of Code...

Capture the Flag – The Trace Flag

Many people work in a tightly controlled environment. Every change requires a change control form and approval to make a...

How To: XEvents as Profiler

A common excuse for not delving into extended events seems to be the jump from Profiler to extended events.  There...

How To: XEvents as Profiler

Despite the controls in place there always seems to be some change that is unknown or even some cowboy that makes changes as s/he sees fit and forgets to...

2018 Advent of Code–Day 1

I enjoy when the Avent of Code comes around each year. I seem to make this a December (or sometimes...

How Much Volunteer Time Per Year is a Good Goal?

Yesterday I posted about journaling with my goal being to track the time I spend on SQLOrlando (I’ll exclude time...