Why I Joined Microsoft
If you follow me in social media, you may have seen my announcement that I’ve joined Microsoft. Late in October...
2015-12-02
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Idera #SQLChat with John Morehouse
Please join Idera tomorrow for a #SQLChat on Twitter. The December #SQLChat will take place Tuesday, December 9 at 11...
2015-12-02
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Webinar – Lowering SQL Server Licensing Costs
On Tuesday, December 15th, Bala Narasimhan and I are presenting a webinar where we will walk through real-world examples that...
2015-12-02
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Ending My Loop in PowerShell Early
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as#SQLNewBloggers.
I...
2015-12-02
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Sentiment Analysis with Power BI
I was recently asked by a customer to help them do some Text analysis of course evaluation data. They wanted...
2015-12-09 (first published: 2015-12-02)
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DBA Myths: Database file extentions
Every now and again I hear or read that the only file extensions for a SQL Server database are mdf,...
2015-12-10 (first published: 2015-12-02)
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SQLSatDC - Down in DC - 12/5
Saturday, December 5, 2015: SQLSaturday#470 is on track to be an extraordinary event in DC this Saturday, with a fantastic...
2015-12-02
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SQLSaturday 426, Lviv, Dec 05 - only few days left!
Last changes and preparation for SQLSaturday in Lviv - http://sqlsaturday.com/426/EventHome.aspx
You still have a time to register and attend it.
Great city, great...
2015-12-01
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T-SQL Tuesday #73 Invitation – Naughty or Nice?
Hello Dear Reader! This is the first Tuesday of the month and you know what that means. It’s time to announce the T-SQL Tuesday Topic of the month! This...
2015-12-01
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T-SQL Tuesday #73 Invitation – Naughty or Nice?
Hello Dear Reader! This is the first Tuesday of the month and you know what that means. It’s time to...
2015-12-07 (first published: 2015-12-01)
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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...
Forums
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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Importing Excel files into SQL...
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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