How Much Will Compression Really Gain Me?
Did you know compression can gain you more than just space on a disk, it can allow you to fit...
2018-11-13 (first published: 2018-10-31)
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Blog Posts
Steps to Create an In-Memory table for SQL Server
Creating a table to be in memory compared to standard tables that use the files on disk can have several...
2018-11-13 (first published: 2018-10-31)
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T-shaped knowledge and learning about the cloud: T-SQL Tuesday #108
Upper management at my company has started asking for something called T-Shaped knowledge. The idea is that we have a...
2018-11-13
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T-SQL Tuesday #108 – Non SQL Server Technologies
It’s T-SQL Tuesday #108. This month’s topic is hosted by Malathi Mahadevan (B|T) and she asks us to… “pick one...
2018-11-13
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T-SQL Tuesday #108: New Horizons Beyond SQL Server
There comes a point in one's career when a change is requisite. Big or small there always seems to be a tipping point that mandates some sort of change....
2018-11-13
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Why did my execution plan change?
As a SQL Server DBA it is important to understand why and how the SQL engine works. Understanding as much...
2018-11-13
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Load and run custom T-SQL scripts in SSMS via Snippets
If you work with SQL Server on a daily basis, it is very likely you have a lot of custom...
2018-11-12
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Load and run custom T-SQL scripts in SSMS via Snippets
If you work with SQL Server on a daily basis, it is very likely you have a lot of custom scripts you have to execute frequently, maybe you have...
2018-11-12
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Notes From the 2018 PASS Summit (v20)
This was the 20th PASS Summit, a decent milestone! Interesting to pause and think, what will the Summit look like...
2018-11-12
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Part 1: Predictive Modeling using R and SQL Server Machine Learning Services
To R or not to R?
A few months ago, I asked myself an important question – which language to learn first...
2018-11-12
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Blogs
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
Advice I Like: In 100 Years
By Steve Jones
In 100 years a lot of what we take to be true now will...
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Question of the Day
Lots of FKs
In SQL Server 2025, what are the most outgoing and incoming FK references a table can have?
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