SELECT * Does Not Hurt Performance
I read all the time how SELECT * hurts performance. I even see where people have said that you just have...
2016-10-25 (first published: 2016-10-17)
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Installing SQL Server 2016 Language Reference Help from disk
A couple of years ago I blogged about Installing the SQL Server 2014 Language Reference Help from disk.
With SQL Server 2016...
2016-10-27 (first published: 2016-10-17)
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Using Snippets
A while ago I talked about Templates. This is an easy way to get a, well, template of a piece...
2016-10-17
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Read this before using SQL 2016 Temporal Tables
I’ve been testing the new Temporal Tables feature over the past day to see about using it in one of...
2016-10-26 (first published: 2016-10-17)
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Query Plan's Compile Time Parameter Values
Most of you would know how to get the query plan from the cache via "sys.dm_exec_cached_plans" or "sys.dm_exec_query_stats" DMV or...
2016-10-17
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The dark side of Fn_dump_dblog
I want to show you what happens when you keep using the undocumented fn_dump_dblog function. (For example if you are...
2016-10-24 (first published: 2016-10-17)
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Centralized Management Server 101
Registered Servers
I've used Central Management Server registered servers in SSMS for primarily one purpose, saving connections. 🙂 This is definitely not...
2016-10-16
402 reads
Centralized Management Server 101
Registered Servers
I've used Central Management Server registered servers in SSMS for primarily one purpose, saving connections. 🙂 This is definitely not...
2016-10-24 (first published: 2016-10-16)
5,377 reads
Do you know Compress & Decompress function in SQL SERVER 2016 ?
This is another article in the series of SQL SERVER 2016 Journey . I am pretty much sure you might aware...
2016-10-16
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Here Come New Ideas for DROP IF EXISTS in SQL SERVER
In the Series of SQL SERVER 2016 journey, this is our new article. In this article, we are sharing a...
2016-10-15
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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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