Saving disk space by choosing the correct data type
"Database is almost 4 TB in size, user is complaining on long times for DEV data refresh and high storage...
2018-07-03
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Building Better Test Data on the Redgate Hub
I have a new piece published over at the Redgate Hub: Building Better Test Data with SQL Provision. Part of...
2018-07-03
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Mastering Index Tuning–Day 3
This is a short series of posts on the courses I took with Brent Ozar. I actually completed the courses...
2018-07-03
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Half-year round-up
So, to do the name “blog” justice, I should post something every now and then. Alright, here you go, let...
2018-07-03
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A bug in merge replication with FILESTREAM data
I wish I could say that every DBA has a love/hate relationship with Replication, but, let’s face it, it’s only...
2018-07-11 (first published: 2018-07-03)
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Code You Would Hate To Live Without (T-SQL Tuesday #104 Invitation)
The recent news about Microsoft acquiring GitHub has me thinking about how amazing it is for us to be part...
2018-07-03
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Code You Would Hate To Live Without (T-SQL Tuesday #104 Invitation)
The recent news about Microsoft acquiring GitHub has me thinking about how amazing it is for us to be part of today's online code community.
Before modern online programming communities,...
2018-07-03
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Code You Would Hate To Live Without (T-SQL Tuesday #104 Invitation)
The recent news about Microsoft acquiring GitHub has me thinking about how amazing it is for us to be part of today's online code community.
Before modern online programming communities,...
2018-07-03
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New at Simple-Talk: Principles of Data Protection
My latest article, Principles of Data Protection, has been published at Simple-Talk! I address the basic problem and how we...
2018-07-02
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Mastering Index Tuning–Day 2
This is a short series of posts on the courses I took with Brent Ozar. I actually completed the courses...
2018-07-02
948 reads
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Take Time to Gain Perspective
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Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
The Fringe Festival
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Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
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