Spaced-Out Strings

I came across this in a code review not long ago:

Three things pop into my head when I see this...

The Tech & Gear of PASS Summit 2017

Continuing my series of posts about my PASS Summit 2017 experience. This is about gadgets/gear I brought & software I used, the gadgets I saw around the convention center,...

Adaptive Query Processing and Automatic Tuning - Introduction - 1

SQL Server 2017 and Azure SQL Database are being touted as the self learning, artificial intelligent database. One of the...

Top 5 Reasons Why I think SQL Server on Linux is Legit

Here are my top 5 reasons why I thing SQL Server on Linux is Legit!
SQL Server on Linux is Fast – Earlier this year SQL Server on Linux posted...

Top 5 Reasons Why I think SQL Server on Linux is Legit

Here are my top 5 reasons why I thing SQL Server on Linux is Legit!
SQL Server on Linux is Fast – Earlier...

Login failed for 'NTAUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON' - the fix you probably haven't tried yet

Just a quick one today. TL;DR: Remove yourself from some unnecessary AD groups.
If you've ever received the message "login failed...

Dealing with disquiet

Last week I listened to a podcast from one of my best friends in the sql community – Kendra Little. In...

Finding Input Parameters in an Execution Plan

The query execution plan is a map of work which SQL Server is going to perform to execute a query....

AWS – No Password? No Problem! Generating Redshift Credentials via IAM Authentication

I know we are living in a world where phones and other devices with advanced biometric authentication have been increasingly...

Presentation Files for my Webcast on Troubleshooting Connection Problems

Thanks to everybody who attended my webcast Troubleshooting SQL Server Connection Issues yesterday. If you missed it, the recording will...