Blogger Questions: What should I blog about?
Over the last four years I’ve blogged almost 400 times. It’s become a refuge, a resource, a source of pride,...
2016-07-25
431 reads
SQLStudies
Want to be able to read your database between restores?
When restoring a database there are times when it would nice to restore a bit, check what’s been restored so...
2016-07-20
772 reads
Is the network your last performance bottleneck?
Let’s say your company relies on the cloud for its servers (or maybe not, on premise networks have more options...
2016-07-18
439 reads
Altering a column in a large table: A case study
Fair warning, this is a discussion piece. I had a task, I went through several possibilities and I’m going to...
2016-07-14
1,023 reads
Default database file sizes
It’s Chris Yates (b/t) birthday! (I think he just tured 19.) And in honor of his birthday we are writing...
2016-07-12
753 reads
Zilch to Speaker: 2016 Summit Abstract Reviews
Steve Jones (b/t) has been asking people to post their Pass Summit submissions and the reviews that came back, along...
2016-07-07
446 reads
Phantom SSIS Changes
That SSIS change just won’t stick! There is a new business requirement, so now you have to change an existing...
2016-07-05
994 reads
Finding, disabling and enabling foreign keys
Foreign keys are a classic method of enforcing RI (Referential Integrity). Unfortunately though, they can get in the way if...
2016-07-11 (first published: 2016-06-29)
1,958 reads
Perfectly Placed Parentheses
Like many other programming languages T-SQL uses parentheses () for a number of tasks. To help determine precedence, function calls etc....
2016-07-05 (first published: 2016-06-27)
2,868 reads
Database snapshots
This feature is Enterprise only which can limit who it is useful to, but I find the whole concept fascinating....
2016-06-22
530 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #198 Roundup: How Do You Detect Data Changes?
Thank you to everyone who participated in T-SQL Tuesday #198! When I wrote the...
Optimizing Redshift Performance by Configuring WLM Queues
Efficient query performance in Amazon Redshift often comes down to how well you manage...
PowerShell Strikes Back: Return of the Loop
By gbargsley
Welcome back to PowerShell Strikes Back. We’re three weeks in, and the training is...
Forums
Dealing with huge heap tables
Recently, our dev teams approach me for advice on improving their huge heap table...
Merge Replication failing with Error converting data type nvarchar to numeric
After upgrading 2 Merge Replicated databases to SQL 2022 and re-establishing the Merge Replication...
Why Your Index Isn't Being Used? - Reading Execution Plans to Find the Real Culprit
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Why Your Index Isn't Being...
Question of the Day
Distance Metric Algorithms
What are the distance metric algorithms that can be used in VECTOR_DISTANCE()?
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