Easily Shred Event Data
Parsing XML is the epitome of salt in a wound for a DBA. Parsing the XML from Extended Events need not be so painful. Read further to discover how...
2016-08-01
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Easily Shred Event Data
It has been nearly a year since I started an extensive series about Extended Events. Previous to that start, I...
2016-08-04 (first published: 2016-08-01)
2,460 reads
Top 3 books for Becoming TOGAF Certified
I often get asked what books are useful for preparing for the TOGAF certification exam. The resources are generally from...
2016-08-01
982 reads
Index-Cheat-Sheet. The complete Index-compatibility Matrix for SQL Server
(DE) Mit dem Aufkommen der Columnstore Technologie und auch der In-Memory Technologie in SQL Server 2014 sind insgesamt 4 neue Indextypen zu den althergebrachten page-basierten hinzugekommen.
Wo es früher nur...
2016-08-01
12 reads
Index-Cheat-Sheet. The complete Index-compatibility Matrix for SQL Server
(DE)
Mit dem Aufkommen der Columnstore Technologie und auch der In-Memory Technologie in SQL Server 2014 sind insgesamt 4 neue...
2016-08-01
677 reads
Power BI: If you have a Cloud of Words, let them Fly!
[2016-July-31] Last week was my 2nd time participating at the local Toronto Open Data meetup (https://www.meetup.com/opentoronto/). The audience of this meetup...
2016-08-02 (first published: 2016-07-31)
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Speaking at IT/Dev Connections!
I’m proud to announce that I will be speaking at IT/Dev Connections on October 11th 2016 in Las Vegas! I can’t begin to tell you how excited I am...
2016-07-31
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Speaking at IT/Dev Connections!
I’m proud to announce that I will be speaking at IT/Dev Connections on October 11th 2016 in Las Vegas! I...
2016-07-31
647 reads
The ROI of SQLSaturday for PASS & Decreased Event Funding
Returning to the post about Making SQSaturday Sustainable (see also a follow post about addressing concerns) it mentioned two topics...
2016-08-05 (first published: 2016-07-30)
1,486 reads
The End of the BAC–Why?
In a post titled The Future of the BA Community PASS announced that there would be no Business Analytics conference...
2016-07-30
827 reads
Blogs
Measuring RAG Solutions: Are We Retrieving the Right Information?
A RAG pipeline that answers questions in the demo is not the same thing...
Advice I Like: Lots of Ideas
By Steve Jones
“A multitude of bad ideas is necessary for one good idea” – from Excellent...
Microsoft Fabric Data Agents: Bringing Structured and Unstructured Data Together
By James Serra
Most enterprise questions do not live neatly in one place. The numbers may be...
Forums
Parameter Sensitive Plan Optimization vs. Parameter Sniffing: What SQL Server Fixes and What It Doesn't
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Hyperscale Replicas I
What types of secondary replicas are available for the Azure SQL Database Hyperscale edition?
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