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
4,246 reads
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
1,527 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)
2,165 reads
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)
2,545 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
744 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
595 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
2,050 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)
3,479 reads
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
1,305 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)
2,304 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #198 Roundup: How Do You Detect Data Changes?
Thank you to everyone who participated in T-SQL Tuesday #198! When I wrote the...
Optimizing Redshift Performance by Configuring WLM Queues
Efficient query performance in Amazon Redshift often comes down to how well you manage...
PowerShell Strikes Back: Return of the Loop
By gbargsley
Welcome back to PowerShell Strikes Back. We’re three weeks in, and the training is...
Forums
Dealing with huge heap tables
Recently, our dev teams approach me for advice on improving their huge heap table...
Merge Replication failing with Error converting data type nvarchar to numeric
After upgrading 2 Merge Replicated databases to SQL 2022 and re-establishing the Merge Replication...
Why Your Index Isn't Being Used? - Reading Execution Plans to Find the Real Culprit
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Why Your Index Isn't Being...
Question of the Day
Distance Metric Algorithms
What are the distance metric algorithms that can be used in VECTOR_DISTANCE()?
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