SQL and NOT SQL: Best of 2017
With only a few days left in 2017, I thought it would be fun to do a year in review post. Below you'll find some of my top 5...
2017-12-26
3 reads
Bert Wagner
How To Create Multi-Object JSON Arrays in SQL Server
Recently I was discussing with Peter Saverman whether it would be possible to take some database tables that look like...
2017-12-19
7,763 reads
How To Create Multi-Object JSON Arrays in SQL Server
Recently I was discussing with Peter Saverman whether it would be possible to take some database tables that look like this:
And output them so that the Cars and Toys...
2017-12-19
113 reads
Reducing the Number of Reads in Your Queries
“A-Bridged” – reducing reads – get it? I’m sorry you’re reading this. Photo by Jamie Street on UnsplashIn last week’s post, we went over how...
2017-12-12
215 reads
Reducing the Number of Reads in Your Queries
In last week's post, we went over how one of best ways to improve query performance was to reduce the number of reads that your query has to do.
Less reads...
2017-12-12
8 reads
Learning Through Blogging and Speaking
This post is a response to this month’s T-SQL Tuesday prompt created by Mala Mahadevan. T-SQL Tuesday was created by...
2017-12-12
164 reads
Learning Through Blogging and Speaking
This post is a response to this month's T-SQL Tuesday prompt created by Mala Mahadevan. T-SQL Tuesday was created by Adam Machanic and is a way for SQL users...
2017-12-12
3 reads
How to use Statistics IO to Improve Your Query Performance
SQL Server’s STATISTICS IO reporting is a great tool to help you performance tune queries.Usually the goal of performance tuning...
2017-12-05
3,214 reads
How to use Statistics IO to Improve Your Query Performance
SQL Server's STATISTICS IO reporting is a great tool to help you performance tune queries.
Usually the goal of performance tuning is to make your query run faster. One of...
2017-12-05
60 reads
My Favorite SSMS Shortcut (After Copy/Paste)
Photo by Abhishek Desai on UnsplashIf there’s one keyboard shortcut I use more than any other (with the exception of...
2017-11-28
234 reads
Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
can i use Rowversioncol ( in my database it's synonyme timestamp is used) to...
Radius Latitude Longitude
I have a table with latitude longitude in the format. 45.123456 , -111.123456 ,...
degree of parallelism
Team, I'm trying to figure out what will be the best recommendation to configure...
Question of the Day
A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
"All programs have a desire to be useful."Happy April Fools! See possible answers