Upcoming speaking engagements
The last time I presented a session was at the final PASS Summit in November 2020, so it is time to get back on the virtual conference trail again....
2021-04-07
3 reads
The last time I presented a session was at the final PASS Summit in November 2020, so it is time to get back on the virtual conference trail again....
2021-04-07
3 reads
I’ve been doing SQLskills training recently, and Paul Randal (blog | Twitter) reminded our class that zeroing out a transaction log file does not use zeroes (0x00). Well, not...
2021-03-31
17 reads
For those of us who have been involved in the Microsoft Data Platform community for a few years, the events of the last few months have been dramatic, culminating...
2021-03-24
7 reads
This is my ongoing series of answering T-SQL Tuesday posts far too late to be of any use. Click here if you want to read previous entries. Paul Randal...
2021-03-17
117 reads
(If you would like to read the previous T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective entries, visit this link.) In October 2010, Sankar Reddy asked us which misconceptions we’ve been labouring under when...
2021-03-16 (first published: 2021-03-10)
288 reads
SQL Server is a complex beast, with many configuration options that can range from recommended to completely avoided. Since the release of SQL Server 2016, several options that were...
2021-03-03
21 reads
After the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) unceremoniously closed down in January this year and its video library & brand names were bought by Red Gate Software Ltd, it...
2021-02-24
83 reads
This Wednesday, from 5pm to 7pm Mountain Standard Time, the Calgary Data User Group is presenting two sessions for your virtual attendance. 15 minutes: A lightning talk on Kubernetes...
2021-02-22
10 reads
(Thanks to Erik Darling for reviewing this post. Check out his training materials.) One of the bigger clichés in the data professional vocabulary (behind “it depends”) is that you...
2021-02-17
7 reads
Some years ago, I wrote about what it means to be “professional” (and that it doesn’t mean having to wear a suit and tie). Recently a conversation broke out...
2021-02-10
162 reads
By Steve Jones
It’s actually my month to host T-SQL Tuesday, and I came up with the...
By Steve Jones
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to...
Windows Subsystem for Linux is probably my favourite feature of Windows 10. It gives...
Hello where can I find to apply latest CU thank you
for installation sql server standard edition for instance id should I put server name?...
Hi all! I want to create a stored procedure that returns a result based...