SQL Server Automatic Tuning in the Real-World
In SQL Server 2016 we saw Query Store. Query Store was a game changer to help database administrators identify troublesome...
2018-09-19 (first published: 2018-09-10)
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Blog Posts
Three skills to look for in a technology partner
SQL Treeo’s founder and CEO, Danny Riebeek, reflects on his 20+ years in the IT industry. Q: What prompted you...
2018-09-19
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What is Projectsv13 in SQL Change Automation?
I got this question recently from someone that was evaluating the SQL Change Automation client in Visual Studio. After setting...
2018-09-19
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Why Customers Are Looking At Azure
As a Principal Consultant with Pragmatic Works, I have many conversations with customers about moving to Azure. As a Consulting...
2018-09-19
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Announcing the 5th Edition of SQL Server 2017 Query Performance Tuning
I am quite excited to announce that the latest, most up to date, and by far the largest, copy of...
2018-09-18
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Are scalar functions really a bad thing?
I’ve read a lot of things lately pointing to scalar functions as if they were the devil. In this blog...
2018-09-18 (first published: 2018-09-10)
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Calculating Quartiles with DAX and Power BI
Like many of my blog posts, this post is inspired by some work I was doing with a customer who...
2018-09-18 (first published: 2018-08-31)
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Check if any database has auditing configured
Here is a DMV script to check whether a or any database has the auditing configured and running, along with...
2018-09-18
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ExpressRoute and VPNs in Azure
In this edition of Azure Every Day, I’d like to discuss networking and interacting between your data center and Azure....
2018-09-18
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Extracting JSON Values Longer Than 4000 Characters
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A while back I built an automated process that parses JSON strings into a relational format.
Up until recently this process had been working great:...
2018-09-18
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Blogs
Take Time to Gain Perspective
By Brian Kelley
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
The Fringe Festival
By Steve Jones
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
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