Watch: Can This Team Succeed at DevOps? Panel discussion
I recently participated in a panel discussion for the SQL PASS DevOps virtual chapter. If you didn’t make the meeting, you can catch our 90 minute discussion here about...
2019-01-10
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New vCore Compute Levels for Azure SQL Database and Elastic Pools
Additional vCore-based elastic pools and single databases have been expanded for the general purpose, business critical, and hyperscale service tiers....
2019-01-10
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Power BI World Tour 2019 Tampa
In just a few weeks (Jan 21-22) I will be presenting on two topics at the Power BI World Tour...
2019-01-10
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#SQLCareer 4/4 January 2nd 2019
Last July (yes, it’s taken me 5+ months to finally finish this) Steve Jones (b/t) suggested that it might be...
2019-01-10
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SQL Server Transaction Log is full due to XTP Checkpoint Error 9002, Severity 17, State 16
I want to take some time and discuss my experiences with a certain SQL Server error, error 9002. Error 9002...
2019-01-10
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Why is the query hash so useful?
An example of how I use the query hash
I wrote a blog on what the query hash is, right here....
2019-01-10
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Donating Hair Again
There are several organizations which take hair donations, but the one I prefer to donate to is Wigs for Kids,...
2019-01-10
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Source Control using Azure Data Studio and GitHub
You can maintain and deploy code easily
Source control is a vital part of IT work, since it is used to track changes over software and documents, with two main...
2019-01-09
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Pro SQL Server on Linux–Install
As part of my learning goals for 2018, I wanted to work through various books. This is part of my...
2019-01-09
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TICK TOCK…6 MONTHS UNTIL SQL SERVER 2008/2008 R2 SUPPORT EXPIRES UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION
If you are still running SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 you probably have heard by now that as of July 9,...
2019-01-09
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Blogs
Paginated Reporting at Scale: Choosing the Right Microsoft Platform
By Rayis Imayev
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe..."— Roy Batty, Nexus-6 Replicant, Blade Runner (1982)(2026-Nov-08) Yep,...
The Book of Redgate: Fun with Images
By Steve Jones
We’ve celebrated our birthday many times at Redgate. In the Book of Redgate –...
Why companies use Palantir and how we help implement it in the Czech Republic
Discover how Palantir connects enterprise data, supports AI-driven decision-making and helps companies turn insights...
Forums
Pay for Performance
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Too Many Choices
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Table Partitioning in SQL Server: A Practical Guide to Managing Very Large Tables (VLDBs)
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Question of the Day
Too Many Choices
I have a table, dbo.MasterBrands, with this data:
BrandID OfficialName 1 Samsung 2 Apple 3 Microsoft 4 Adidas 5 Coca-ColaI run this query. What is returned for Coca-Cola?
SELECT CHOOSE(BrandID, 'Conglomerate', 'Tech and Design', 'Desktop', 'Apparel') FROM dbo.MasterBrands;See possible answers