Tonight is the PASS Marathon on SQL Server Performance
The event is tonight, and it’s my first time helping out as a moderator. I got a call for volunteers, and I added my name. The event starts at...
2020-07-23
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The What, Why, When, and How of Incremental Loads
When moving data in an extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) process, the most efficient design pattern is to touch only the data you must, copying just the data that...
2020-08-05 (first published: 2020-07-23)
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Color Coding a Database on All Servers with SQL Prompt
SQL Prompt has some nice color coding features, but sometimes I want a database to keep the same color, regardless of instance. I don’t know that I’d recommend this,...
2020-08-04 (first published: 2020-07-22)
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These are the extensions I have installed on Azure Data Studio
At last week’s presentation to the Edmonton SQL Server user group, I spoke at length about the many extensions that are available for Azure Data Studio, and was asked...
2020-07-22
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Daily Coping 22 Jul 2020
I’ve 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...
2020-07-22
17 reads
Moving 1/3 of a heap
Watch this week's video on YouTube
A Giant Heap
Recently I had to filter out 1.2 billion records from a 3.5 billion row heap. Don't ask me why this 3.5 billion...
2020-07-22
18 reads
Moving 1/3 of a heap
Watch this week's video on YouTube
A Giant Heap
Recently I had to filter out 1.2 billion records from a 3.5 billion row heap. Don't ask me why this 3.5 billion...
2020-07-22
17 reads
Moving 1/3 of a heap
Watch this week’s video on YouTube. A Giant Heap Recently I had to filter out 1.2 billion records from a 3.5 billion row heap. Don’t ask me why this...
2020-08-03 (first published: 2020-07-22)
291 reads
Assume a role with AWS PowerShell Tools
Assume A Role
I’ve had some issues in the past working with AWS.Tools PowerShell SDK and correctly assuming credentials.
By default, most of the time it was easier to use a...
2020-07-30 (first published: 2020-07-22)
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Creating New Database — Standard Settings
Recently I have been able to work with our development teams to not create new databases. There are several reasons for me making this request of the teams. The...
2020-07-21
18 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #201: Temp Tables
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, which I am grateful for. So many...
When Do You Reach For A #temp Table?
I needed to do some research because there is more to #temp tables than...
Accept the no and move on
By Brian Kelley
Here is a short emotional intelligence (EI) post for today, courtesy of Seth Godin....
Forums
jdbc auth failing to sql from sap's cloud middleware CPI
hi , our business partner is asking s4 sap api's for receivable info and...
Searching for my own posts
I have a really stupid question... Is there an easy way to search for...
How to Work with On-Premises AI Models to Generate T-SQL Code
Comments posted to this topic are about the item How to Work with On-Premises...
Question of the Day
Escaping Strings
The STRING_ESCAPE() function requires 2 parameters in SQL Server 2025. The first is a string of text and the second is the type of escape rules being used. What are the options for the second parameter?
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