Retiring of the MCM Certifications
The MCM is dead. Long live the MCM.
The small, exclusive club of SQL Server Microsoft Certified Masters is going to...
2013-08-31
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A Discussion of SQL Server-Related Topics
It’s the small things that count
Sometimes it’s the small things that count.
I just noticed two small enhancements to SQL Server 2014's BOL, and I can...
2013-08-14
1,536 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #43 – Plan Operators
This month’s TSQL-Tuesday is hosted by Rob Farley (blog | twitter), who became a Microsoft Certified Master this past December (congrats!)....
2013-06-14 (first published: 2013-06-11)
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Getting the lowdown on 18456 errors
If you can establish a connection to a SQL Server, but are having problems logging in to it, you will...
2013-04-30 (first published: 2013-04-18)
2,573 reads
The Bucket List – Item #1 is (finally) finished
We all have a bucket list – that list of things that we want to accomplish before one, well, kicks the...
2013-04-16
749 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #41 – Presenting and Loving it!
It’s time for our monthly blogging party, commonly known as T-SQL Tuesday. This month, Bob Pusateri is providing the motivation...
2013-04-09
599 reads
A Month of PowerShell – Day 28 (Using Windows PowerShell Remoting)
Welcome to Day 28 of my “A Month of PowerShell” series – the last day. This series will use the series...
2013-02-28
2,052 reads
A Month of PowerShell – Day 27 (Scripting SQL Objects)
Welcome to Day 27 of my “A Month of PowerShell” series. This series will use the series landing page on...
2013-03-11 (first published: 2013-02-27)
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A Month of PowerShell – Day 26 (Changing Login Passwords)
Welcome to Day 26 of my “A Month of PowerShell” series. This series will use the series landing page on...
2013-02-26
1,306 reads
A Month of PowerShell – Day 25 (Integrity Checks)
Welcome to Day 25 of my “A Month of PowerShell” series. This series will use the series landing page on...
2013-03-07 (first published: 2013-02-25)
2,314 reads
Blogs
Keeping Redshift System Table History Past 7 Days with S3 Tables
Redshift keeps its SYS_* monitoring views for seven days in cluster, which is fine...
Updating the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
I was updating my session for the Data API Builder (DAB) recently, mostly to...
T-SQL Tuesday #202 Invitation: That One SQL Server Outage You’ll Never Forget
I am excited to host T-SQL Tuesday for the first time. I want to...
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Practical Ways to Approach SQL Server Problems and Case Studies
Working with SQL Server can involve more than just writing queries. Understanding database design,...
Measuring Productivity
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Importing Excel files into SQL Server using DuckDB and Python
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Question of the Day
Tracking All the Queries
I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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