Learn T-SQL in 5 Minutes
I will be giving a five minute Lightning Talk at SQLRally in May that aims to do the impossible: Teach...
2011-04-29
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SQL Awesomesauce
Drop the Noise
I’m reading Tim Ferriss’ “The Four Hour Work Week” (FHWW) right now, and it’s got me thinking about (among other...
2011-04-28
1,465 reads
Fail-Win Balance
It’s a busy week for me, and a slow one technically. But I know that you, Constant Reader, thirst for...
2011-04-20
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PASS Women in Technology
The Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) Women in Technology group first caught my attention at the PASS Summit in 2009...
2011-04-12
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For Your Friday Enrichment: Get Alifeatoll
I have made something for your pleasure and entertainment, and placed it on the MidnightDBA YouTube Channel. Please to enjoy...
2011-04-08
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Me Me Me, Event Event Event
Dear Readers,
Today’s blog shall be entirely stream-of-consciousness, which is to say, I don’t know exactly what I’m going to talk...
2011-04-07
813 reads
Meme Monday
Meme Monday story:
They’d never heard of indexes. Man, I was SUCH a rockstar!
-Jen McCown, MidnightDBA.com/Jen
2011-04-04
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Varying Results with Subquery, ORDER BY, MAXDOP
In the speaker rooms of SQL events everywhere, there is wondrous blog material to be had, free for the picking...
2011-04-04
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SQL Saturday 63 Dallas: EPICITY
SQL Saturday 63 Dallas. Will. Be. Epic.
Here are my proofs:
The Schedule. Note the gelato breaks. It is impossible to get...
2011-04-01
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MidnightDBA: We do a lot
We do a lot of things. It’s difficult to explain all the things we do to people. So I made...
2011-03-28
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Blogs
PostgreSQL: Diagnosing and Fixing a Sequential Scan with No Filter Predicate
A sequential scan is not always a problem — PostgreSQL's planner often chooses one...
Giving AI Agents Visibility Into SQL Server with MCP
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it actually takes to make an...
The Book of Redgate: Profits
By Steve Jones
Redgate is a for-profit company. We look to make money by building and selling...
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