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I’m Speaking at #DataWeekender

With all our in-person events cancelled for the foreseeable future, I was so excited to find that some community folks are not sitting back and waiting for the social...

2020-04-25

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I’m Speaking at #SQLSatRVA

I am super excited, and humbled, to have been selected to speak at the very first PASS virtual SQL Saturday, SQL Saturday Richmond, on Saturday, April 25, 2020. I...

2020-04-17

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2019 in Review

What an incredible year it’s been.  I kept thinking that I was busy, but I had no idea until I looked at the final numbers (I have a Power...

2020-01-01

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I’m Speaking at #SQLSatDC

I am so excited to announce that I will be speaking at SQL Saturday DC on Saturday, December 14, 2019.  I am so honored to have been selected. This...

2019-11-23

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sp_snapshot – The easy way to take database snapshots of one or more databases – V3.0

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Presenting you with an updated version of our sp_snapshot procedure, allowing you to easily...

SELECT *

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SELECT * feels convenient, but in SQL Server it bloats I/O, burns network bandwidth,...

SQL Server is Slow, part 3 of 4

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In parts 1 and 2 of this series, we’ve gathered info and done the...

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Extract sql data in psh

By Sqladmin1

# Load ImportExcel module Import-Module ImportExcel -ErrorAction Stop # File paths $outFile = "C:\Reports\SQLReport.xlsx"...

caught off guard by some greek lettering in a warehouse feed

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Hi we run 2019 standard.   Our warehouse's ssis based etl is klunky but so...

Unlocking High-Concurrency Inserts in SQL Server with OPTIMIZE_FOR_SEQUENTIAL_KEY

By Chandan Shukla

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Question of the Day

Vector Datatype

The new Vector datatype in SQL Server 2025 is a binary type that has a few parameters. What parameters are required?

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