Azure SQL Database Hyperscale
At Microsoft Ignite, one of the announcements was for Azure SQL Database Hyperscale, which was made available in public preview October 1st,...
2018-10-26 (first published: 2018-10-16)
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Blog Posts
Overview of the SQL Insert statement
This article on the SQL Insert statement is part of a series on string manipulation functions, operators and techniques. The...
2018-10-26
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Why Did a Plan Get Removed From Cache?
I was recently asked if we could tell why a plan was removed from cache. If you read this blog,...
2018-10-26 (first published: 2018-10-22)
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A Play Around With Table Variable Deferred Compilation in SQL 2019
Table variables, they’re nasty, dirty little things that perform about as well as a Robin Reliant in a crosswind, right? ...
2018-10-25 (first published: 2018-10-16)
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I have a broken leg
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2018-10-25
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Protected: TSQL Tuesday 108 – Community Rituals
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2018-10-25
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Query Memory Grants and Resource Semaphores in SQL Server
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2018-10-25 (first published: 2018-10-16)
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Connecting to SQL Server 2017 using Visual Studio 2017 and getting “An incompatible SQL Server version detected”
This blog post details the error you may get when using Visual Studio 2017 and you get errors that you...
2018-10-24 (first published: 2018-10-13)
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Create a slipstream installer for SQL Server on Windows
Since the release of SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 in April 2009, it has been possible to install SQL...
2018-10-24
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Exceeding My Own Expectations in Life!
Wow! The last five years of my career have been amazing. I went from attending a SQLSaturday a couple of...
2018-10-24
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Blogs
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
What does this code return?
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