Recently Recompiled Resource Hogs
It’s not too uncommon for a query to get a new execution plan that performs a lot worse than it...
2013-06-24 (first published: 2013-06-19)
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Special Recognition For Top Community Leaders In India
I got a special recognition from Microsoft, India as one of the top community leaders.
My sincere thanks to SQLServerCentral (my...
2013-06-19
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Natural Born Killers (The series) – Day 3 Scalar UDF’s
To those that don’t know me “Natural Born Killers (The Series)” sounds like a very strange choice for a SQL...
2013-06-19
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Das Keyboard - First Thoughts
There seems to be a lot of buzz around mechanical keyboard lately as more and more manufacturers have started producing...
2013-06-19
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Dealing with Auditors: Password Settings
Yet again I've seen an audit request where the auditor wants the DBA to show what SQL Server's settings are...
2013-06-19
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SSAS Data Mining – Time Series Algorithm
At TechEd 2013, I attended a few sessions on the topics of Data Mining and Predictive Analytics. I thought I’d...
2013-06-19
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Speakers: Rehearsals Help
Today was a rehearsal day. Actually the last 2-3 days of work have been split between rehearsing talks that I’m...
2013-06-18
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SSAS – Automatic Inventory Generation – 24 Columns – HTML Attachment
Inventory is a vital information,whether you’re a consultant or an in-house DBA, you need to have a reliable inventory of...
2013-06-18
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Low-rate recruiters – The bane of my existence
There is nothing more annoying to me in my profession than getting calls and emails from recruiters who are looking...
2013-06-18
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Reading Traces
Capturing information is useless unless you know how to use it. Here’s what I use to get the most out...
2013-06-18
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Blogs
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
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Reusing Customer Specific Order Filtering Logic with CROSS APPLY and an Inline TVF (Part 4)
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
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Question of the Day
PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
Which of the following meta commands (sometimes called backslash or slash commands) within psql will provide you with information about the databases on the cluster?
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