Speaking at SQL Saturday Jacksonville 2022
SQL Saturday is coming back to Jacksonville this May. I’m excited to go as I’ve like the city, but I’ve never been to this particular SQL Saturday. On May...
2022-04-07
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KEEP PLAN Demystified
Foreword
I was always wondering what the KEEP PLAN hint does. The documentation isn’t very specific (emphasis mine):
Forces the Query Optimizer to relax the estimated recompile threshold for a query.
In...
2022-04-07
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Daily Coping 7 Apr 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-04-07
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Authentication Error in Azure Devops when Deploying DACPAC
I was building a CI/CD pipeline in Azure Devops, where I was building my SSDT project into a DACPAC file and then deploying it to the development server. For...
2022-04-20 (first published: 2022-04-07)
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Removing a LocalDB Instance
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. This might be obvious and easy, but I...
2022-04-06
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If I can’t use PWDENCRYPT, how am I supposed to use HASHBYTES?
For this week, here is a short post about reinventing the wheel. An interesting conversation happened on Twitter where Dave Dustin asked: “Does anybody have an example of using...
2022-04-06
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SQL Server 2019 :- Step By Step Installation.
In this blogpost we will see the step by step installation and few details about SQL Server 2019. For SQL Server 2019 Installation, We have following System Requirements SQL...
2022-04-20 (first published: 2022-04-06)
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Daily Coping 6 Apr 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-04-06
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WITDC Mental Health and Wellness Day- April 8th
This Friday WITDC is having another Mental Health and Wellness Day virtual event and I’m part of a panel! This ... Continue reading
2022-04-05
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WITDC Mental Health and Wellness Day- April 8th
This Friday WITDC is having another Mental Health and Wellness Day virtual event and I’m part of a panel! This ... Continue reading
2022-04-05
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Blogs
Experimenting with CHOOSE: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I was looking over the CHOOSE() function while editing an article at SQL Server...
Fighting Procrastination?
By Brian Kelley
Here is another short video (~ 15 minutes). This is by the author of...
A Fun Prize at the PASS Data Community Summit
By Steve Jones
I had a briefing for the 2026 PASS Data Community Summit, which is just...
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SQL Server 2025 Server-level Roles
In SQL Server 2022+, what does the ##MS_DatabaseConnector## role allow?
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