Working with SQL Server Data Files
Most people connect to a database, create tables, run update statements, tune queries, add indexes, and never once think about the underlying data and log files that support all...
2019-09-04
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When were the statistics last updated and how many rows were sampled?
TL;DR; Final query is at the bottom. Every now and again (particularly when someone is having performance problems) I’ll get ... Continue reading
2019-09-04
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SQL in the City Streamed is Today
Today is SQL in the City Streamed!!! Only three of us, , as Kendra has other commitments. Still, it’s exciting for Kathi, Grant, and myself to be presenting the...
2019-09-04
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Azure Storage Explorer
I only ever use the storage explorer when managing my blobs, files, queues within storage accounts. It is your single view access point for all your storage needs and...
2019-09-04
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Use port forwarding to access SQL Server running in Kubernetes
A really handy feature in Kubernetes is port forwarding. This can be used to narrow down an issue when connections are failing to SQL Server running in a cluster....
2019-09-17 (first published: 2019-09-04)
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Use of SQL server statistics and how to make a query to use them
Statistics are very important in the query...
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2019-09-04
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Using strace inside a SQL Server Container
So, if you’ve been following my blog you know my love for internals. Well, I needed to find out exactly how something worked at the startup of a SQL...
2019-09-03
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Using strace inside a SQL Server Container
So, if you’ve been following my blog you know my love for internals. Well, I needed to find out exactly how something worked at the startup of a SQL...
2019-09-17 (first published: 2019-09-03)
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Docker Image Tags are Case Sensitive
A quick post about pulling docker containers (this applies to docker run too)…when specifying the container image, the container image name and tag are case sensitive. We’re not going...
2019-09-03
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Docker Image Tags are Case Sensitive
A quick post about pulling docker containers (this applies to docker run too)…when specifying the container image, the container image name and tag are case sensitive. We’re not going...
2019-09-03
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Blogs
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
Don’t Fear the Technology
By Brian Kelley
The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to...
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions III
If I run the REGEXP_LIKE() function, does it match values in a case-sensitive fashion, or a case-insensitive fashion by default.
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