SQL Azure, Hekaton, and Bob Dorr is Awesome
Hello Dear Reader! I had recently written a blog for the PFE blog, "How Many Tables Can I Have In SQL Azure DB & SQL Server". It was...
2016-08-29
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SQL Server Random Workload Generator
Hello Dear Reader! Before I start this blog I want to give credit to Jonathan Kehayias (@SQLPoolBoy | Blog). He’s an...
2016-06-01 (first published: 2016-05-20)
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SQL Server Random Workload Generator
Hello Dear Reader! Before I start this blog I want to give credit to Jonathan Kehayias (@SQLPoolBoy | Blog). He’s an Microsoft Data Platform MVP, MCM, part of the...
2016-05-20
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SQL Saturday Jacksonville #552 Pre-Con: A Day of DBA Fundamentals- Install- Maintenance plans-and Security
Hello Dear Reader! I'm here in beautiful Jacksonville FL for the SQL Saturday 552 events! Today my friend Dan Taylor...
2016-05-06
616 reads
SQL Saturday Jacksonville #552 Pre-Con: A Day of DBA Fundamentals- Install- Maintenance plans-and Security
Hello Dear Reader! I'm here in beautiful Jacksonville FL for the SQL Saturday 552 events! Today my friend Dan Taylor (@DbaBulldog | Blog) and I are presenting our Pre-con...
2016-05-06
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Goodbye Pragmatic Works
Normally when I write a blog, I start out will a Hello to my Dear Reader. Not today. This was...
2016-02-29
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Goodbye Pragmatic Works
Normally when I write a blog, I start out will a Hello to my Dear Reader. Not today. This was almost a blog I didn't write because I...
2016-02-29
2 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #73: IOPS on Azure VM's Naughty to Nicer
Hello Dear Reader! Last week I posted the invitationto T-SQL Tuesday #73. The premise?
“As you work with SQL Server...
2015-12-08
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T-SQL Tuesday #73: IOPS on Azure VM's Naughty to Nicer
Hello Dear Reader! Last week I posted the invitationto T-SQL Tuesday #73. The premise? “As you work with SQL Server look around you. Is your environment Naughty or Nice? ...
2015-12-08
3 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #73 Invitation – Naughty or Nice?
Hello Dear Reader! This is the first Tuesday of the month and you know what that means. It’s time to...
2015-12-07 (first published: 2015-12-01)
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SQL Server 2025 Query Performance Tuning: Troubleshoot and Optimize Query Performance
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Is it uncommon for Dev's to have a data model of the source data
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Creating JSON I
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
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