Speaking at SQL Saturday #445 - Raleigh, NC - October 10
I will be speaking this weekend at SQL Saturday #445 - Raleigh, NC. If you are in the area, please come...
2015-10-07
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Everyday SQL
PSSDiag Configuration Manager – A Companion for SQLNexus
Have you ever called Microsoft Customer Support for help with a SQL Server performance issue? The engineer will typically send...
2015-07-21
1,540 reads
Use Trace Flag 902 to Recover from a Cumulative Update Failure
Recently, I ran into a critical error while I was helping a customer troubleshoot an issue in SQL Server. That...
2015-07-14 (first published: 2015-07-07)
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Exams 70-457 & 70-458 - Transition Your MCTS on SQL Server 2008 to MCSA: SQL Server 2012
This past week I finally completed the 70-458 exam to upgrade my certification to MSCA: SQL Server 2012. I never...
2015-06-24
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Use PsPing When Working in Azure IaaS
Recently I’ve been learning more about how Azure functions and how it can help my customers. One of the best...
2015-04-28
1,037 reads
SQL Nexus Might Just Save Your Bacon
The year is 2015, and I’m still surprised by how many people have never heard of SQL Nexus; although it...
2015-03-10
1,665 reads
SQL Cruise Caribbean 2015 Recap
UPDATED: Don't just take my word. Read the feedback from others.
SQL Cruise Caribbean 2015: More Than A Cruise With Classes....
2015-02-24
1,111 reads
Get Out There and Challenge Yourself
It’s been almost five months since I posted my last article, and so much has changed since then. I have...
2015-02-11 (first published: 2015-02-03)
6,567 reads
PowerPoint Slides Available for Download
I promised that I would post the slide decks for my presentations, and now I have finally followed through on...
2015-02-02
681 reads
Monitor the Number of Deleted Rows in a Clustered Columnstore Index
In some of my previous posts, I have talked about how to create Columnstore indexes. Now I’d like to discuss...
2014-08-21
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Blogs
Getting SQL Server 2025 RTM Running in Containers on macOS
SQL Server 2025 RTM is here, and if you’re running Docker on macOS, you...
The PASS Data Community Summit 2025 Recap
By Steve Jones
It’s Monday. I’ve been home since Fri night, but with a busy weekend, I’m...
Microsoft Post-Quantum Crypto APIs Are Now Generally Available
By Brian Kelley
I mentioned this in my talk on Quantum Computing at the PASS Data Community...
Forums
SQl Server 2014 linked server remote server
Hello all, I have a linked server created on an instance which only has...
Find all the tables in a database containing particular column value
Hi, I want to find all the tables name under a database where tables...
The Ending Substring
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The Ending Substring
In Azure SQL Database and SQL Server 2025, if I run this, what is returned?
SELECT '[' + SUBSTRING('Steve Jones', 7) + ']' See possible answers