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
1,562 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
1,123 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
1,696 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
1,139 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)
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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
696 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
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
Which of the following meta commands (sometimes called backslash or slash commands) within psql will provide you with information about the databases on the cluster?
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