How the SQL Agent Job schedule_uid broke my heart, and my jobs!
This is something that has caused me some grief in my life as a DBA. I hesitate to call it...
2017-02-03
419 reads
SQL Server vNext
I have been pretty busy recently working with Joe Sack from Microsoft and getting my hands dirty with SQL Server...
2017-02-03
737 reads
Friday Reading 2017-02-03
2017 is trundling along now, this week I’ve been reading…
The GitLab incident report
We’ve all had that moment of “what did...
2017-02-03
326 reads
Where is that Preemptive Wait coming from? Database Ownership and Performance: a journey through SQL Server internals with XEvents, Windbg and Wireshark
(EN)In this article I will bring together several techniques for troubleshooting a performance- and security-related “phenomenon” I recently noticed when doing some tests with Natively Compiled Stored Procedures.
(DE) In...
2017-02-02
65 reads
Where is that Preemptive Wait coming from? Database Ownership and Performance: a journey through SQL Server internals with XEvents, Windbg and Wireshark
(EN)
In this article I will bring together several techniques for troubleshooting a performance- and security-related “phenomenon” I recently noticed when...
2017-02-08 (first published: 2017-02-02)
2,092 reads
GitLab for SQL Server Projects
This is the seventh part in the series: SQL Server and Continuous Integration. This post demonstrates the use of GitLab to build...
2017-02-06 (first published: 2017-02-02)
7,860 reads
Using a DMK in TDE
When you setup TDE, you need to create a DMK (Database Master Key) in the master database if one doesn’t...
2017-02-02
799 reads
DBA 101: Altering a column
People always ask me what tools I use. Mostly this question comes from the topic of monitoring. I can honestly...
2017-02-06 (first published: 2017-02-02)
2,234 reads
Getting Started with Power BI: Setup (Part 1 of 3)
This is part 1 of the Getting Started with Power BI series. Power BI is a powerful reporting and dashboarding...
2017-02-02
210 reads
Microsoft Data Platform MVP Award
I’m very pleased, humbled, surprised and overall gleeful to announce I’m awarded the Microsoft Data Platform MVP 2017 Award.
This is...
2017-02-02
514 reads
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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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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