Webcast – Small Changes Can Make a World of Difference
This Thursday, 10AM GMT, I will be hosted by Dell’s Richard Douglas (blog|twitter) for a webcast. I will present my...
2014-03-18
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Matan Yungman
A Community Challenge
Earlier this week, I delivered a presentation called “Query Progress Tracking in SQL Server” to my local user group.
Among other...
2014-03-05
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The Strange Story About the MERGE that Killed the Cluster
I don’t like the MERGE statement. The syntax is weird, it’s tricky in terms of locks, and it has a...
2014-02-20
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Know When it’s Good Enough
Here’s a newsflash: You may not thing so, but you are expensive. There’s no point in endless performance tuning. I love...
2014-01-28
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Things I Learned in 2013
It’s 2014 now. I hope you had fun in new year’s eve.
2013 was an amazing and intense year. To recap...
2014-01-02
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T-SQL Tuesday #49: Using CXPacket Waits to Detect Query Bottlenecks
This post is for T-SQL Tuesday #49, the monthly blog party of the community.
This tradition was started by Adam...
2013-12-10
1,416 reads
Interviews with Brent Ozar, Adam Machanic and Denny Cherry for SQL Server Radio
While in SQLRally Amsterdam, I had the honor to interview Brent Ozar (blog | twitter), Adam Machanic (blog | twitter) and Denny Cherry (blog | twitter)...
2013-12-09
543 reads
My SQLRally Experience
The past week I had the pleasure to attend SQLRally Amsterdam.
I took a flight from Tel-Aviv to Amsterdam and got...
2013-11-11
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How to Limit IO Requests with SQL Server 2014 Resource Governor
Resource Governor was introduced in SQL Server 2008 in order to allow us have better control over our system resource...
2013-10-09
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How to Become a Better DBA
Whether you’re just starting out or already a few years in the game, you’re probably wondering how you can become...
2013-08-30 (first published: 2013-08-26)
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Blogs
Streamlining Azure VM Moves Into Availability Zones
By John
One of the more frustrating aspects about creating an Azure virtual machine is that...
Monday Monitor Tips: Native Replication Monitoring
By Steve Jones
Redgate Monitor has been able to monitor replication for a long term, but it...
Advice I Like: Art
By Steve Jones
Superheroes and saints never make art. Only imperfect beings can make art because art...
Forums
Think LSNs Are Unique? Think Again - Preventing Data Loss in CDC ETL
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The AI Bubble and the Weak Foundation Beam
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Question of the Day
A Big PK
In SQL Server 2025, how many columns can be included in a Primary Key constraint?
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