Tech Books: Caveat Emptor
These days, we have a myriad of ways to judge whether any given product – like, say, a book on SQL...
2011-01-05
777 reads
SQL Awesomesauce
Invitation to T-SQL Tuesday #014
Hello and welcome to the first T-SQL Tuesday of 2011!
2010 was a great year for T-SQL Tuesdays, dreamed up and...
2011-01-04
1,290 reads
RTFM365, Week 4
The days are just flying. I have to admit: I may have missed a day or two in the rush...
2011-01-03
492 reads
Beginning Powershell Companion PDF
Howdy all…as is so often the case, I’m studying something – Powershell – and I’m in need of a reference to help...
2011-01-03
2,689 reads
2010 PASS Summit Interviews
It’s entirely fair to say that the highlight of my professional year is the PASS Summit in Seattle, and the...
2010-12-30
1,796 reads
Quick Thoughts on Learning
I’m looking for the attribution for a quote – it’s something I first heard from Sean, and we say it all...
2010-12-29
503 reads
T-SQL: CASE Statement
This is a companion piece to the MidnightDBA video T-SQL: CASE Statement.
In short, a CASE statement is a simplified set...
2010-12-28
2,711 reads
RTFM365, Week 3
Well, my brain has increased by 12.4% in terms of SQL knowledge this week, as a direct result of my...
2010-12-28
760 reads
PASS Summit Speaker Evals – THE ANALYSIS
Rule: No Sushi with Adam within 24 hours of session
I’m inspired by Brent Ozar‘s and Andy Leonard‘s sharing of their PASS...
2010-12-23
779 reads
RTFM365, Week 2 (AND week in review)
Hooboy…the super-structured format of the first two RTFM365 posts just isn’t sustainable for me. I’m going to have to go...
2010-12-20
663 reads
Blogs
Advice I Like: Rewards from Work
By Steve Jones
The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has words for. If...
Overcoming Challenges: Navigating Common Pitfalls in FinOps Adoption
By HeyMo0sh
Working in DevOps, I’ve seen FinOps do amazing things for cloud cost control, but...
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
Analysis Services Model w/ Direct Query and (Default Veritpaq)
Analysis Services (either the integrated workspace in Power BI or on a SQL Server)...
Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences IV
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can be used with numeric and decimal data types?
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