The 10 Basic Concepts of T-SQL
For the end of the latest Basic Querying and Programming in SQL Server course, I prepared a list of the...
2017-08-29
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Matan Yungman
Video: How to Use SQL Server 2016 Live Query Statistics for Watching Live Query Execution
In this video, I show how to enable live query statistics in SQL Server 2016 in order to see execution...
2017-05-15 (first published: 2017-05-03)
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SQL Server 2016 for Performance Tuning Lovers
Last week I presented my session, SQL Server 2016 for Performance Tuning Lovers at the GroupBy conference. That was tons of...
2017-05-02
2,119 reads
T-SQL Programming for Developers Course
Are you a software developer?
Did you ever get to develop a software that works with a Microsoft SQL Server database?
...
2017-03-13
802 reads
Datediff: We’ve Been Doing It Wrong
One of the most common mistakes people make when writing T-SQL is using a function in the where clause, and...
2017-01-23
2,236 reads
Performance-Oriented SQL Server Development – The Scripts
Last Thursday, I delivered my seminar, Performance-Oriented SQL Server Development at the Expert Days conference in Israel.
It was a great experience,...
2016-12-30
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Performance-Oriented T-SQL Development in Belgium
On October 10, I will come back to present in one of my favorite SQL Server conferences – SQL Server Days...
2016-09-29
606 reads
If You Need to Think, You’re Doing It Wrong
A month ago, my wife and I were in Barcelona for a short vacation.
In one of the days, we entered...
2016-06-29
653 reads
My PASS Summit 2016 Session Submissions Feedback
I’m excited to say that I will be delivering a session in this year’s PASS Summit in Seattle later this...
2016-06-24
439 reads
Columnstore Index Enhancements in SQL Server 2016
One of my most favorite technologies is Columnstore. Thankfully, the guys at Microsoft seem to agree with me, because they...
2016-05-10 (first published: 2016-04-27)
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Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
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Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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Backing Up a DMK
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