Moving off SQL Server 2008 / R2 – What can Azure offer?
You will very likely know that SQL Server 2008 / R2 end of support is on July 9th 2019. Not that...
2019-01-15
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Extended Events: Detect Implicit Conversions that affect execution plans
Implicit Conversions – Introduction
In this blog post, I’ll explain and demonstrate how to use Extended Events to detect Implicit Conversions that...
2019-01-24 (first published: 2019-01-15)
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Time Animation with ArcGIS Maps in Power BI
(2019-Jan-14) Dynamic maps with dynamic visualization usually attract my attention, especially when I look at the satellite images of various cloud...
2019-01-24 (first published: 2019-01-14)
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My New Year Challenge: The Kessel Run and Keto
The Kessel Run Medal for 2019Hello Dear Reader, it's been a while since we talked. Part of the new year is setting goals. I plan to blog more. I...
2019-01-14
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My New Year Challenge: The Kessel Run and Keto
The Kessel Run Medal for 2019Hello Dear Reader, it's been a while since we talked. Part of the new year...
2019-01-14
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Pro SQL Server on Linux- More Installs
As part of my learning goals for 2018, I wanted to work through various books. This is part of my...
2019-01-14
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Today, I’m making my 100th post on SQLShack
The journey with the SQLShack family has been a one from the beginning. It is certainly not easy to join an excellent group of elite authors. When I joined...
2019-01-14
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Today, I’m making my 100th post on SQLShack
The journey with the SQLShack family has been a one from the beginning. It is certainly not easy to join...
2019-01-14
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Availability Groups: When Your Synchronous Secondary isn’t Synchronous
During a recent DR scenario I came across a slight misinterpretation in how availability groups with replicas in synchronous commit...
2019-01-22 (first published: 2019-01-14)
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DevOps and Automation Will Eliminate the DBA
I’ve been reading about the death of the DBA ever since I first made the jump from full time developer...
2019-01-23 (first published: 2019-01-14)
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Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
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