I’m a VMware vExpert
To add to an already amazing year, recently I was named a VMware vExpert for 2017. I’m honored, humbled, and...
2017-02-19
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vCenter Server fails to start, Purge and Shrink Vcenter SQL Database
One of my client vCenter Server fails to start as below shown error in event logs.Could not allocate space for...
2017-02-17
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Gartner Magic Quadrant for BI 2017 Top 3 Rankings
This is a different spin on the top three vendor rankings visualized in Power BI. According to the placement of...
2017-02-17
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The Costs of Hiring Cheaper Consultants
From time to time, I see posts in forums from people complaining about how much some consultants charge. A really...
2017-02-17
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Friday Reading 2017-02-17
Is it me or is February dragging? Anyway, mixed in with this crazy week I’ve been reading: –
SQL Server vs...
2017-02-17
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CLR Stored Procedure Cannot Be Marked as System Object?
It is an open secret that in SQL Server, we can “create a system object” by using an undocumented stored...
2017-02-17
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Updates to the Power BI course
Recently I published an open-source course/workshop to learn Power BI Desktop. Fellow MVP Dan English (blog | twitter) gave me the...
2017-02-16
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Getting Started with PowerBI: Building Graphs (Part 3)
This is part 3 of the Getting Started with Power BI series. Power BI is a powerful reporting and dashboarding...
2017-02-16
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Deadlock on ALTER DATABASE
I had an interesting problem recently. A database was stuck in single user mode. How exactly was it stuck you...
2017-02-16
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Managing Bad Data
In the last post in my ongoing series about ETL best practices, I discussed the importance of error handling in ETL...
2017-02-21 (first published: 2017-02-16)
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Blogs
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...
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
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Reusing Customer Specific Order Filtering Logic with CROSS APPLY and an Inline TVF (Part 4)
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
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Question of the Day
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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