T-SQL Tuesday #120 – What were you thinking? – Invitation
In this month's T-SQL Tuesday, I want to know about things that you have seen someone do in SQL Server that has left you wonder "What were you thinking?"
The...
2019-11-05
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A Discussion of SQL Server-Related Topics
T-SQL Tuesday #120 – What were you thinking? – Invitation
In this month's T-SQL Tuesday, I want to know about things that you have seen someone do in SQL Server that has left you wonder "What were you thinking?"
The...
2019-11-05
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TSQL Tuesday #116 – SQL Server on Linux
You can now run SQL Server on Linux. With it being easy to install / update, and running exactly the same as in Windows, it is my choice for...
2019-07-13
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TSQL Tuesday #116 – SQL Server on Linux
You can now run SQL Server on Linux. With it being easy to install / update, and running exactly the same as in Windows, it is my choice for...
2019-07-13
15 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #115 – Notes to 20 year old Wayne
There’s a lot that goes on in June. From the 75th anniversary of D-Day, Fathers Day, to the official start of summer (though it feels like it already!)....
2019-06-28 (first published: 2019-06-11)
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T-SQL Tuesday #115 – Notes to 20 year old Wayne
There’s a lot that goes on in June. From the 75th anniversary of D-Day, Fathers Day, to the official start of summer (though it feels like it already!)....
2019-06-11
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Working with SQLSaturday SpeedPASSes – revamped!
In the Richmond, VA area, I am the organizer for our SQL Saturdays. Among other jobs that this entails, this also means that I am working with SQLSaturday SpeedPASSes....
2019-05-21
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Working with SQLSaturday SpeedPASSes – revamped!
In the Richmond, VA area, I am the organizer for our SQL Saturdays. Among other jobs that this entails, this also means that I am working with SQLSaturday SpeedPASSes....
2019-05-21
15 reads
Working with SQLSaturday SpeedPASSes – revamped!
In the Richmond, VA area, I am the organizer for our SQL Saturdays. Among other jobs that this entails, this also means that I am working with SQLSaturday SpeedPASSes....
2019-05-21
11 reads
Scalar UDF Inlining in SQL Server 2019 – Simpler functions
I recently published a post detailing the new Scalar UDF Inlining feature in SQL 2019 here. That post introduced the...
2019-03-26 (first published: 2019-03-11)
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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
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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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