Advent of Code
If you want your skills to be sharp, you practice. If you want to get yourself to actually do practice, you call it a “challenge”. This is what the...
2015-12-23
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Simple SQL Server
Use Compression to Combine Data Quality and Performance
We’ve been using the wrong data types for all the wrong reasons. DBAs, developers, data architects, etc. have all been...
2015-12-21
980 reads
Indexing Strategy
What do I care about when I’m playing with indexes? That’s easy. I want as few indexes as possible efficiently referenced...
2015-12-28 (first published: 2015-12-16)
3,525 reads
Picking a Clustered Index
A Clustered Index is not another term for Primary Key, and more thought should be put into the key columns...
2015-12-16 (first published: 2015-12-14)
2,504 reads
Data Compression
Data compression is often misunderstood to cost CPU in exchange for smaller size on disk. Somewhat true, but that simple...
2015-12-08
1,119 reads
Querying the Plan Cache
I love working with indexes, and I need to know what’s using them to work on them intelligently. Most of...
2015-12-08 (first published: 2015-12-01)
2,005 reads
SQL Server Error Log Reader
Reading the SQL Server Error Log is miserable. It contains very useful information you should address as soon as possible,...
2015-11-16
680 reads
Give More Feedback
I write on my blog and get a couple comments at best. I talk at conferences and a large part of...
2015-11-06 (first published: 2015-11-02)
641 reads
Extended Events Intro
Extended Events is supposed to be taking over for most of Profiler and server-side tracing functionality, but there were people...
2015-10-26
1,456 reads
Technical Interviews – How to Thrive
There’s a trick to technical interviews. Every question is looking for integrity first, and intelligence and energy second. This is...
2014-05-23 (first published: 2014-05-13)
2,764 reads
Blogs
Navigating Modern Data Architecture: DW, Lakehouse, and Lakebase Explained
By Daniel Janik
The report outlines the evolution in data management systems, transitioning from traditional siloed structures...
Comparing Top AI Tools for Image and Code Generation
By Daniel Janik
The post explores various AI assistants, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses in areas like...
Communications: Three Questions
By Brian Kelley
The better skilled we are communications, the more likely we will be understood. Whether...
Forums
How to optimize queries using AI (SQL Expert)
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How a Legacy Logic Choked SQL Server in a 30-Year-Old Factory
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Planning for the Right Emergency Response
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Question of the Day
Capacity Planning for an Existing SQL Server Workload?
You're tasked with planning capacity for a new SQL Server database workload. Which of the following is the most accurate way to determine how much CPU, memory, and I/O throughput your workload requires? What single or multiple tools would you use to answer the questions around resource needs?
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