Folders to Check for errors in SQL Patching or Installation
Recently, while applying SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 3, encountered the following error and SQL Patch failed to upgrade.
"The patch...
2016-11-04
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Launching Columnstore.NET
I am so glad that the time has arrived to announce my next project – the Columnstore.NET! This site will incorporate...
2016-11-03
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PASS Summit Announcements: Power BI reports on-prem in SSRS
Microsoft usually has some interesting announcements at the PASS Summit, and this year was no exception. I’m writing a set...
2016-11-03
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Reinforcing the Importance of Statistics on Row Estimate
I recently wrote an introductory post about the importance of statistics. I just received a reinforcement on how important they...
2016-11-10 (first published: 2016-11-03)
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Ponderings of PASS Summit 2016
Got back from Summit on Saturday and I’m still totally in the moment. I came back with so many new...
2016-11-03
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Ponderings of PASS Summit 2016
Got back from Summit on Saturday and I’m still totally in the moment. I came back with so many new...
2016-11-03
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SQL Server Backup Compression
I thought that it would be handy to capture some Perfmon graphs of what happens to backup throughput and CPU...
2016-11-03
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This Week In Data – Episode 11 (Debunking Popular Cloud Myths)
Welcome back to another episode of This Week In Data! If you missed our previous episodes, you can watch them...
2016-11-02
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Looking Back: #sqldinner at #sqlsummit 2016
Last week was the 2016 Pass Summit, and this was one of the few times that PASS did not provide...
2016-11-02
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Live 360–SQL in Orlando
I’ll be at the last big SQL Server conference in the US for 2016 this December. VS Live is a...
2016-11-10 (first published: 2016-11-02)
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Blogs
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
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...
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
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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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