Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 10-10-2020
Hello Dear Reader! We had a big week on Tales From The Field! We've got some great stuff planned for you this week, but before we get to the...
2022-10-17
35 reads
An Update to Skipping the Leading Digit in T-SQL–#SQLNewBlogger
There was an interesting question in a forum, which I wrote about before. How do you skip the leading digit in a numeric value. I had looked at a...
2022-10-18 (first published: 2022-10-17)
122 reads
Monitor Cardinality Feedback in SQL Server 2022
It’s possible for you to see new technology at work if you use Extended Events to monitor cardinality feedback. To put it simply, cardinality, the number of rows being...
2022-10-26 (first published: 2022-10-17)
243 reads
Daily Coping 17 Oct 2022
Today’s coping tip is to make progress on a project or task you have been avoiding Most of the things I do for work are spent looking in the...
2022-10-17
18 reads
New Blog Space
I've decided to move my blog here. You'll see some old content being uploaded in the next few days. Look around, I hope you find some tidbits of information.
Older...
2022-10-17
34 reads
Pre-Conference Workshop and Sessions at PASS Summit
I’m pleased to announce that I will be presenting at this year’s PASS Summit. PASS Data Community Summit 2022 is the year’s largest gathering of data platform professionals in...
2022-10-16
49 reads
Daily Coping 14 Oct 2022
Today’s coping tip is to look for the good in people around you today. I’m working remotely today in New York. I flew up last night to be with...
2022-10-14
31 reads
My experience working with notebooks in Azure Data Studio
I’ve seen notebooks used in Azure Data Studio on multiple occasions. I really like the concept of notebooks, having done some work within Azure Databricks notebooks, but not extensively....
2022-10-26 (first published: 2022-10-13)
601 reads
Daily Coping 13 Oct 2022
Today’s coping tip is to remind yourself that things can change for the better. It can be easy to get upset/sad/depressed/angry/etc. about the way something is in the world....
2022-10-13
12 reads
Goal Progress for Sep 2022
I set goals at the beginning of the year, and I’m tracking my progress in these updates during 2022. Well, clearly I’ve gotten away from my goals. No updates...
2022-10-12
21 reads
Blogs
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Forums
Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
Hi everyone, I'm hoping some of the longtime SQL Server professionals here might be...
Checking the Error Log II
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Parameter Sniffing on SQL Server 2025: A Walkthrough with Real Numbers
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Question of the Day
Checking the Error Log II
What is the reason I should change my old code that uses xp_readerrorlog?
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