SQL Server 2008 RTM - Maintenance Plans need Integration Services installed
The tail end of last week was a bit of a throwback week for me. For reasons that I’ll not...
2017-01-31
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Speaking at Techorama 2017
I’m delighted to announce that I’m selected as a speaker for the Techorama event.
Techorama is a developer congress focusing (but...
2017-01-31
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Another 5 Power BI Tips
If you’ve been at least paying attention to my blog a little bit, you’ve probably noticed I occasionally blog about...
2017-01-31
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Parse Dynamics AX Context Info
In this article I will only be discussing the AX product and an easy tweak to make troubleshooting that product much easier from the perspective of the database administrator....
2017-01-30
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Parse Dynamics AX Context Info
Dynamics AX and SQL Server
More and more I am seeing clients requiring assistance with the Microsoft Dynamics Suite. Each of...
2017-01-30
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A New Year, A New Company and A New DenverSQL Chapter
2016 was a great year, both personally and professionally. Personally, our family is well and the kids are growing into...
2017-01-30
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#ReadyRoll at #SQLintheCity
When Redgate purchased ReadyRoll a few years ago, I wasn’t sure this was a great idea. After all, SQL Source...
2017-01-30
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Warning: Not a valid checkpoint file name
One of the other DBAs I work with noticed a warning message that was flooding the log files on one...
2017-01-30
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Azure quick start
In case you hadn’t noticed, I love built in help. DBCC HELP, the script button in SSMS, even BOL. Well...
2017-01-30
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Altering Data Length of a Primary Key Column
This is not an article or a script. I am posting this just to share my experience and I feel...
2017-01-30
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Blogs
Keeping Redshift System Table History Past 7 Days with S3 Tables
Redshift keeps its SYS_* monitoring views for seven days in cluster, which is fine...
Updating the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
I was updating my session for the Data API Builder (DAB) recently, mostly to...
T-SQL Tuesday #202 Invitation: That One SQL Server Outage You’ll Never Forget
I am excited to host T-SQL Tuesday for the first time. I want to...
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Practical Ways to Approach SQL Server Problems and Case Studies
Working with SQL Server can involve more than just writing queries. Understanding database design,...
Measuring Productivity
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Importing Excel files into SQL Server using DuckDB and Python
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Question of the Day
Tracking All the Queries
I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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