My experience with TechOutbound 2018 – Caribbean
I am a passionate, regular attendee of Techoutbound (formerly SQLCruise) events. I try to do at least one every year. ...
2018-02-26
383 reads
SQL Server Tune Your Transaction Log
Whenever a transaction log file grows the space it is allocated is divided up into virtual log files (VLFs). Depending...
2018-02-26
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The Data Platform has expanded – so too should our approach in using it….
In recent years we as data professionals have moved from dealing with SQL Server databases with SQL Server Reporting Server...
2018-02-26
503 reads
Change the name of master database files – SQL Server on Linux
In my recent blog, I discussed about how to move master database to another location. One of the readers requested...
2018-02-26
753 reads
Stop Worrying About Index Fragmentation and Manage Your Statistics
I see a lot of posts online about rebuilding indexes in a scheduled maintenance task, this is a pretty intensive...
2018-02-25
92 reads
Guide for Set Up of Telegraf for Monitoring SQL Server xPlat
Problem
We need a way to collect performance metrics for all our SQL Servers (Windows and Linux) into one system and...
2018-02-24
4,898 reads
If your Surface Book loses it’s keyboard and trackpad – try removing KB4074588 update
My Surface Book (gen 1) recently did updates and then a day or so later the keyboard and trackpad mysteriously...
2018-02-24
457 reads
SQLCLR vs. SQL Server 2012 & 2014 & 2016, Part 7: “CLR strict security” – The Problem Continues … in the Past (Wait, What?!?)
If the new “CLR strict security” Server-level configuration option in SQL Server 2017 hasn’t caused enough confusion and pain, then,...
2018-02-23
1,400 reads
Using YouTube Captions & Transcript to Find Content in a Long Video
This week, I was pretty pumped to see that PASS published Erin Stellato (twitter) and Dejan Krakovic’s (linked in) excellent session on Query Store to the public. I attended...
2018-02-23
13 reads
Finding Composite Primary Key Columns
You never know when the idea for a script will make an appearance.
I had to work with composite primary keys...
2018-03-08 (first published: 2018-02-23)
3,582 reads
Blogs
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
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