SSIS Data Taps
One of my favorite testing features of SSIS is also one of the most underutilized. SSIS data taps were introduced...
2016-12-13
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T-SQL Tuesday 85 - Backup & Recovery
Shout out to Kenneth Fisher (b|t) for hosting this month's #tsql2sday. This month is about backup and recovery and here...
2016-12-13
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Don’t blink you might READPAST it
Following on from my previous post on NOLOCK (https://blobeater.blog/2016/12/09/nolock/) I want to talk about another hint called READPAST. This hint tells...
2016-12-13
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Don’t trust Invoke-SqlCmd and error results
Don’t trust Invoke-SqlCmd and error results
I love to call Invoke-sqlcmd from powershell but one must beware of the risk of...
2016-12-13
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Up Next, SQL PowerShell for SSAS!
I’ve been wanting to demo cool-easy ways to do things in SSAS with PowerShell for a long time but haven’t gotten around to working on it much. Well, it’s...
2016-12-12
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Up Next, SQL PowerShell for SSAS!
I’ve been wanting to demo cool-easy ways to do things in SSAS with PowerShell for a long time but haven’t gotten around to working on it much. Well, it’s...
2016-12-12
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Up Next, SQL PowerShell for SSAS!
I’ve been wanting to demo cool-easy ways to do things in SSAS with PowerShell for a long time but haven’t...
2016-12-12
353 reads
Manual v Automation
I’ve got my work cut out for me. This week is SQL in the City 2017. One of the sessions...
2016-12-12
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OPTIMIZE FOR Hints When Parameter Sniffing is Turned Off
While presenting recently and talking about dealing with bad Parameter Sniffing, I got the question; what happens to OPTIMIZE FOR...
2016-12-12
642 reads
SQLBits 2017 In April
I’m getting excited, with the announcement that SQL Bits 2017 is scheduled. The conference goes back to Telford, which I...
2016-12-12
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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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