Book Review: The Phoenix Project
Let’s get this straight right up front, the thought of reading a novel that’s about IT is so repellent, so...
2014-02-11 (first published: 2014-02-05)
1,935 reads
Transactions: What commands aren’t allowed?
Transactions are great tools that every DBA and developer should learn how to use. Unfortunately not everything can be put...
2014-02-13 (first published: 2014-02-05)
4,569 reads
Automate T-SQL Merge For Loading Dimensions
If you’re a data warehouse developer, chances are you use T-SQL Merge statement to process slowly changing dimensions. If you’ve...
2014-02-05
1,362 reads
New Data Science – What’s Next?
While every organization is different, their “big data” is often very similar. It typically comprises massive amounts of data across...
2014-02-05
414 reads
Actual Emails: More Grief for GUIDs
Wrote this email exchange with some developer colleagues about to embark on performance tuning.
Subject: bag o' tricks from DMV talk
From: A. Developer
Hey...
2014-02-12 (first published: 2014-02-05)
2,091 reads
PowerShell – SQL Inventory – Automatic – Excel File – EMAIL
Inventory is a vital information,whether you’re a consultant or an in-house DBA, you need to have a reliable inventory of...
2014-02-04
2,082 reads
Introducing new SQL PASS Virtual Chapter – High Availability & Disaster Recovery
Today John Sterrett (blog | twitter) and I are announcing a new SQL PASS Virtual Chapter dedicated to High Availability and Disaster...
2014-02-10 (first published: 2014-02-04)
1,402 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #051: Place Your Bets
Place Your Bets All bets on the table please. This is the last call for bets, no new bets will be allowed. This marks the 51st invitation for TSQL...
2014-02-04
10 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #051: Place Your Bets
Place Your Bets
All bets on the table please. This is the last call for bets, no new bets will be...
2014-02-07 (first published: 2014-02-04)
2,305 reads
Using sys.objects When Scripting Permissions? You're Missing Something!
I suspect most DBAs have a script in their T-SQL toolbelt which scripts out database permissions for a specific user...
2014-02-04
1,120 reads
Blogs
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
Which of the following meta commands (sometimes called backslash or slash commands) within psql will provide you with information about the databases on the cluster?
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