Technical Presentations - What happen's behind the scene
A while ago I wrote a piece on public speaking assignements over here and promised to write what it takes to...
2016-10-27
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SQL and SQL Only
Query Store – Part 2 - Configuration Settings
Introduction to Query Store covered here.
Now for the second part on “How to Configure?”
Query Store is configured at the...
2016-10-24
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Query Plan's Compile Time Parameter Values
Most of you would know how to get the query plan from the cache via "sys.dm_exec_cached_plans" or "sys.dm_exec_query_stats" DMV or...
2016-10-17
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Check Database Server Workload - Batches/ Sec
Today's post is about a simple but very useful query.
One of the basic things one needs to check is the...
2016-10-12
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SQL Server 2016 Query Store - Gentle Introduction - 1
Query Store is perhaps one of the path breaking features to release in SQL Server 2016. This post will give...
2016-10-09
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Sp_recompile doesn't recompile!!!!
Many of us use the stored procedure "sp_recompile" to mark the stored procedure for recompilation, so that next time it...
2016-10-06
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Current Running Queries
Following script is perhaps the most executed script in my 10 year Database Administration career. The script has been my...
2016-08-11 (first published: 2016-08-07)
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Speaking at SQL Server Geeks Annual Summit 2016
I am very happy and proud to share the news that I will be speaking in SQL Server Geeks Annual...
2016-07-25
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SQL Community n Speaking Assignments
Dear All,
It has been a while since I became less active on this blog. Reason for the same being that,...
2016-06-12
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Cardinality Estimator - Part 2- Out of Date Statistics
Continuing from our series on Cardinality Estimator 2014, Let us look at the first difference between 2 CE models. The...
2016-04-21 (first published: 2016-04-12)
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Blogs
Resetting on the AI hype train
By Brian Kelley
There's a great article from MIT Technology Review about resetting on the hype of...
A New Word: Etherness
By Steve Jones
etherness – n. the wistful feeling of looking around a gathering of loved ones,...
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
Forums
The Microsoft SQL Year in Review
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T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: The || Operator
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Your Value from a Conference
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Question of the Day
UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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