Making the case for CamelCase naming
Coding and database standards like a religion or politics. Some people are fanatics and others really don’t care whatsoever. Getting...
2016-10-17 (first published: 2016-10-10)
3,831 reads
Confessions of a Microsoft Addict
Understanding the new MAXDOP settings in SQL 2016
If you have just begun using SQL Server 2016 or you have been using it for a while now you...
2016-10-05
3,053 reads
SQL 2016 SSMS memory leak?
Has SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio) been crashing on you? Have you been getting Out of Memory messages when attempting...
2016-10-04
7,131 reads
An observation about Unicode in SQL Server Management Studio
A week or so ago I read a blog post and tweet about using an emoji in SQL Server. This...
2016-10-14 (first published: 2016-10-02)
2,171 reads
I’m speaking at SQL PASS 2016 (Speaker Idol)
It’s always been my dream to speak at SQL PASS Summit. It’s a tough egg to crack. In my experience...
2016-09-29
773 reads
A really simple bug with SSMS
If you’re a long time IT professional or an occasional user of high or even low tech software you’ll know...
2016-09-28
525 reads
Splitting CSV strings in SQL 2016
Up until SQL Server 2016, we had to write our own functions to split a CSV string into a table...
2016-09-15 (first published: 2016-09-08)
2,685 reads
Join me and Kalen Delaney today for 24HOP
I’m excited to be monitoring Kalen’s session on concurrency. The session is today and is titled “Locking, Blocking, Versions: Concurrency...
2016-09-07
345 reads
When should I use a CTE?
If I had a dollar for every CTE solution to a simple query in the forums (pick any SQL forum), I’d...
2016-08-27
768 reads
I’m speaking at SQL Saturday 563 in Dallas
This will be my second time speaking at SQL Saturday in Dallas. My first was last year and it was...
2016-08-25
430 reads
Blogs
A New Word: Incidental Contact High
By Steve Jones
incidental contact high – n. an innocuous touch by someone just doing their job...
Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server and Entra Groups
My company is moving from an Azure PostgreSQL single server to a flexible server....
Take the 2025 State of Database Landscape Survey
By Steve Jones
The survey is out now and you can share your experiences for a chance...
Forums
GIT Configuration and Automated Release for Azure Data Factory
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How to Add a New Shared Disk to a WSFC as a SQL Resource
Comments posted to this topic are about the item How to Add a New...
Effective Strategies for Storing and Parsing JSON in SQL Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Effective Strategies for Storing and...
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Adding Features During a SQL Server 2022 Upgrade
I have a SQL Server 2016 SP3 instance that I want to upgrade to SQL Server 2022. I don't have replication installed, but I want to enable this on SQL Server 2022. Can I add replication during the in-place upgrade?
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