Upcoming PASS Free Training
Here is a list of the upcoming PASS Virtual Groups and SQLSautrday Events.
January, 2017
Tuesday,January,31
Introduction to Oracle SQL and PL...
2017-01-27
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SCOPE_IDENTITY() or @@IDENTITY
I've seen a lot of usage of both functions in the T-SQL codes. However, their usage sometimes matters. The expectation from...
2017-02-01 (first published: 2017-01-27)
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Friday Reading 2017-01-26
Is it really still January? It seems like this month is dragging on a bit. Anyway, this week I’ve been...
2017-01-27
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Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Cumulative update 1 (CU1)
Microsoft just announced Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Cumulative update 1 (CU1)
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Ganapathi varma ChekuriLead SQL DBA, MCPLinkedin
2017-01-27
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What’s a Database Encryption Key (DEK) in TDE
The encryption mechanisms in SQL Server are interesting, and they work well, but they are somewhat poorly named. I ran...
2017-02-03 (first published: 2017-01-26)
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Backup/Restore–What’s My Status?
The day begins and you find yourself going through a list in your mind of things that need to be...
2017-02-02 (first published: 2017-01-26)
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SQL Server Community Events
By David Postlethwaite
I have just come back from a successful SQL Saturday in Vienna, Austria where I had 60 people...
2017-01-26
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Querying My Named Instance in PoSh–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2017-01-25
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Setting Up a Productive Work Environment – #TAPtips
Having a productive work environment for you and your team is important to facilitate tasks being accomplished as well as...
2017-02-03 (first published: 2017-01-25)
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DATEDIFF vs. DATEADD
Let’s talk about the DATEDIFF vs. DATEADD functions in SQL Server. Each one performs a different task. The former calculates...
2017-01-25
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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...
Forums
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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