Time for SQL in the City Summit–Chicago
This week is the last live SQL in the City Summit this year. It’s this Friday at the Microsoft office...
2018-10-22
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SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters
At the Microsoft Ignite conference, Microsoft announced that SQL Server 2019 is now in preview and that SQL Server 2019 will include Apache Spark and Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) for...
2018-10-22
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SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters
At the Microsoft Ignite conference, Microsoft announced that SQL Server 2019 is now in preview and that SQL Server 2019 will include...
2018-10-22
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Why Did a Plan Get Removed From Cache?
I was recently asked if we could tell why a plan was removed from cache. If you read this blog,...
2018-10-26 (first published: 2018-10-22)
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Some Thoughts on How to Prepare to Serve on the PASS Board of Directors
From time to time I’m asked for advice and insight on running for and serving on the PASS Board. I...
2018-10-22
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How do I look at my error log if SQL won’t open?
Quick and easy post today. Hopefully you’ve opened the error log on a SQL instance. However, what happens if you...
2018-10-31 (first published: 2018-10-22)
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Azure SQL DB – Failed to update database because the database is read-only
Quite an interesting situation I found myself in where I was perplexed for about 5 minutes. I was connected to...
2018-10-22
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Last week reading (2018-10-21)
DevOps Terms – and Why They Matter to Database Specialists Find out what is Scrum, Continuous Deployment, TDD and others from...
2018-10-21
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SQL Server 2019
I have written about 2017 here, Last month at Microsoft Ignite FL on September 2018, Microsoft announce they are going to...
2018-10-20
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Notes from SQLSaturday #801 (2018)
We wrapped up our 12th SQLSaturday here in Orlando two weeks ago. Overall things went well. Registration was just a...
2018-10-20
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Blogs
Take Time to Gain Perspective
By Brian Kelley
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
The Fringe Festival
By Steve Jones
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
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