On Being Disruptive
Being disruptive is a powerful way to conduct business. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates insisted that computers belonged not just...
2016-12-20 (first published: 2016-12-05)
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Multivariate Variable Analysis using R
So far I’ve worked on simple analytical techniques using one or two variables in a dataset. This article is a...
2016-12-05
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Dynamically Set Powershell Variables from json
I created this small snippet to allow a list of values from a json file be turned into variables to...
2016-12-05
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Monday Coffee 2016-12-05
You are the DBA your company makes you. Aren’t you?
SQL Server has such a wide range of features that no...
2016-12-05
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Migrating reports between SSRS report servers simplified with new PowerShell commands
I recently needed to replicate all of the reports on one report server to a different server. I started downloading...
2016-12-04
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Find my git remote
I work on a few projects and have a bunch of demos setup, but I don’t work on them all...
2016-12-04
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Data Channel - Interview 01 - Andreas Wolter on Columnstore
Dear all,
Welcome to the first ever interview of DataChannel. I am honored to have Mr.Andreas Wolter, a German MVP, MCM, MCSM...
2016-12-03
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Moving Tasks with Copy-SqlJob
More dbatools experimentation for me. This is a great set of Powershell cmdlets that solve simple, handy problems. In this...
2016-12-02
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SSIS Naming Conventions 2.0
People who have been working for a while with Integration Services probably know the legendary blog post by SQL Server...
2016-12-13 (first published: 2016-12-02)
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Friday Reading 2016-12-02
Another week almost over so here’s a random selection of articles that I’ve been reading…
Changing the SQL Server port on...
2016-12-02
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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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