Advent of Code
If you want your skills to be sharp, you practice. If you want to get yourself to actually do practice,...
2016-01-04 (first published: 2015-12-23)
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‘Twas 4:45 Friday
I couldn’t think of anything really fun to post for Christmas Eve-Eve and I’ve been busy buying and wrapping presents...
2015-12-23
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How to use CISL – the Columnstore Indexes Scripts Library
Around 3.5 Months ago in September of 2015, I have announced the first public release of the CISL – Columnstore Indexes...
2015-12-22
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CISL 1.0.4 is released
I am glad to share that the latest version of CISL – Columnstore Indexes Scripts Library 1.0.4 is finally released.
By all...
2015-12-22
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Reflections and Looking Forward
Time is slowly ticking toward 0:00 on the clock. As I look around I couldn’t help but reflect back on...
2015-12-22
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$10 to Support Wikipedia Too
I just donated $10 to Wikipedia. I use it and find it useful, so I don’t mind contributing so that...
2015-12-22
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The transaction log for database 'ABC' is full due to 'ACTIVE_BACKUP_OR_RESTORE'
I have recently had a client with a problem each morning where they were having processes fail with this message...
2015-12-22
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Immunizations – Not Just for Kids
It’s the ‘get your flu shot’ time of the year, which is also a good time to review your immunizations....
2015-12-22
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How to Compare Tables in SQL Server
One of our customers has recently asked me the following question (I changed just the business case):
The Problem
“I have a...
2015-12-22
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Fixing Truncation Issues with T-SQL Flex
If you’ve worked with SQL Server for any length of time, you’ve run into this error:
Msg 8152, Level 16, State...
2015-12-21
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Blogs
Keeping Redshift System Table History Past 7 Days with S3 Tables
Redshift keeps its SYS_* monitoring views for seven days in cluster, which is fine...
Updating the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
I was updating my session for the Data API Builder (DAB) recently, mostly to...
T-SQL Tuesday #202 Invitation: That One SQL Server Outage You’ll Never Forget
I am excited to host T-SQL Tuesday for the first time. I want to...
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Practical Ways to Approach SQL Server Problems and Case Studies
Working with SQL Server can involve more than just writing queries. Understanding database design,...
Measuring Productivity
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Importing Excel files into SQL Server using DuckDB and Python
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Question of the Day
Tracking All the Queries
I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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