EightKB 2024
EightKB is back! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is back in 2024…it’s all happening on August the 8th! We’ve open our call for speakers, you can submit...
2024-03-01 (first published: 2024-02-21)
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T Sql Tuesday 170: Learning From Abandoned Projects
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community member each month. I missed out on January 2024’s edition because I didn’t think I had anything...
2024-02-28 (first published: 2024-02-20)
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Delta Lake from .NET in a Spark Connect gRPC world
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What to do? At some point we will want to do something with delta lake and so I wanted to explore the options. Before we do...
2024-02-17
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Elevate Your Data Leadership: A Unique Intensive Learning Experience
I’ve collaborated with two industry experts to design a transformative course for data leaders: “The Technical and Strategic Data Leader.” This six-week intensive learning journey is crafted to elevate...
2024-02-28 (first published: 2024-02-16)
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A New Word:Maugry
maugry – adj. afraid that you’ve been mentally deranged all your life and everybody around you knows, but none of them mention it to you directly because they feel...
2024-02-16
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Friday Flyway Tips–Capture the Filegroup for Tables
A customer asked recently why Flyway doesn’t detect the filegroup for some changes. I showed them it does and decided to write a post on this. I’ve been working...
2024-03-01 (first published: 2024-02-16)
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There Is Insufficient Free Space on Disk Volume To Create the Database
I have been involved in countless database migrations. Most of the time I have access to the existing source servers and future destination servers. In cases where you have...
2024-02-26 (first published: 2024-02-15)
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Knowing String Defaults in T-SQL–#SQLNewBlogger
For years I’ve assumed I knew the string defaults, but I realized that’s not right. This post looks at what I learned. Another post for me that is simple...
2024-02-26 (first published: 2024-02-14)
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SQL Saturday ATL – BI Recap
First of all, wow! What an incredible event! Loved seeing everyone and meeting so many wonderful new people. Thank you to everyone who organized, spoke, and attended this event!...
2024-02-14
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T-SQL Tuesday #171–Helping a Customer Fix Something
It’s that time of the month for a new blog party at T-SQL Tuesday. This month we have Brent Ozar hosing, and it’s a good topic. I wondered what...
2024-02-13
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Car Update September 2026
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Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
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Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
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Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
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Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
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Checking the Error Log II
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Parameter Sniffing on SQL Server 2025: A Walkthrough with Real Numbers
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Checking the Error Log II
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