SQL and NOT SQL: Best of 2017

Photo by Rick Meyers on UnsplashWith only a few days left in 2017, I thought it would be fun to do a year...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...