Dynamically Read event_file Data
There needs to be a more efficient means of grabbing the file without having to know the location. Knowing the session name should be adequate enough to parse the...
2015-10-14
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Dynamically Read event_file Data
In the previous article I covered the basics on extracting the payload for the events in a session from the event_file...
2015-10-14
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SQL Server issue: switching partitions using the parameter with enabled replication
It’s quite an unpleasant thing that we had to face once. There was a working script, which had been functioning for a long time and did not cause any...
2015-10-14
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SQL Server issue: switching partitions using the parameter with enabled replication
It’s quite an unpleasant thing that we had to face once. There was a working script, which had been functioning for a long time and did not cause any...
2015-10-14
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SQL Server issue: switching partitions using the parameter with enabled replication
It’s quite an unpleasant thing that we had to face once. There was a working script, which had been functioning...
2015-10-14
1,644 reads
SSMS in High-DPI Displays: How to Stop the Madness
I spent the last few weeks travelling a lot compared to my usual routine and I got quickly fed up...
2015-10-14
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Auditing Needs Reporting
No matter the mechanism used to capture the data to fulfill the "investigation" phase of the audit, if the data is not analyzed and reports generated, then the audit...
2015-10-13
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Auditing Needs Reporting
Welcome to the second Tuesday of the month. And in the database world of SQL Server and the SQL Server...
2015-10-13
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Power BI Tips, Tricks & Best Practices Webinar Recording & Materials Now Available
Thank you to everyone that attended my Power BI webinar last month, September 29th. Sorry its taken me a while...
2015-10-13
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Power BI Tips, Tricks & Best Practices Webinar Recording & Materials Now Available
Thank you to everyone that attended my Power BI webinar last month, September 29th. Sorry its taken me a while...
2015-10-13
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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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