Increasing and decreasing the performance level of your Azure SQL Database
One of the big benefits of Azure, and in fact any of the cloud offerings I’ve seen, is the ability...
2017-03-29
723 reads
SQLStudies
sp_SrvPermissions & sp_DBPermissions V6.0 Finally!
It’s been almost 3 years since I updated these SPs! I can’t believe so much time has gone by! Well,...
2017-03-27
505 reads
Creating a list of random numbers
I was working on a blog post this weekend that required a list of random numbers. Now, this isn’t exactly...
2017-04-05 (first published: 2017-03-22)
2,256 reads
The parts of an object’s name
Any object within a database in SQL Server has what is called a four part name. Which rather implies four...
2017-03-20
363 reads
Compressed backup errors and TF 3042
Compressing your backups has very few downsides. It’s usually faster (the additional time for compression is less than the time...
2017-04-03 (first published: 2017-03-16)
1,609 reads
Limits vs Goals
It’s that time again. Kennie Nybo Pontoppidan (b/t) is the host this month and has a fun topic for us....
2017-03-27 (first published: 2017-03-14)
1,128 reads
Review of Azure Fundamentals class on Openedx
My company has recently adopted a Cloud first attitude. Now that’s different from Microsoft’s Cloud first. Microsoft is putting new...
2017-03-08
514 reads
Using GROUP BY instead of DISTINCT
Recently, Aaron Bertrand (b/t) posted Performance Surprises and Assumptions : GROUP BY vs. DISTINCT. In it he says he prefers GROUP...
2017-03-06
2,440 reads
Event storming! It’s raining emails!
One of the most common ways to get an event notification is by email. So what happens when you get...
2017-03-01
384 reads
Queries with optional parameters
These are those queries where you are pulling for, let’s say, a first name, a last name, a state, and/or...
2017-03-06 (first published: 2017-02-27)
3,530 reads
Blogs
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item GPX distance and time analysis...
The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The DBA is Dead; Long...
Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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