Friday Reading 2018-01-26
It’s moving weekend! Hopefully two hard days and then I’ll be all settled in my new place. Cannot wait.
Inbetween packing...
2018-01-26
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Information Measurement with SQL Server, Part 2.5: Mutual, Lautum and Shared Information
By Steve Bolton
…………The sample T-SQL I posted in the last article wasn’t as difficult as it looked, considering that it...
2018-02-06 (first published: 2018-01-25)
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Guest Post at Pure Storage – VVols and SQL Server are a Game Changer
I’m thrilled to have contributed a blog post on how SQL Servers, VVols, and Pure Storage’s unique implementation of VVols...
2018-01-25
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Using the SSMS Web Browser (Day 25)
One of the things that I do with my code is to include reference links to what I was doing...
2018-01-25
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Using the SSMS Web Browser (Day 25)
One of the things that I do with my code is to include reference links to what I was doing...
2018-01-25
380 reads
Advent of Code 2017 Day 5–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2018-01-25
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How to write a PowerShell function to use Confirm, Verbose and WhatIf
In my last blog post I showed how to run a script with the WhatIf parameter. This assumes that the...
2018-02-05 (first published: 2018-01-25)
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Session Materials – Biml DataMinds
All of the materials for my Biml session for DataMinds.be can be downloaded from Github:
the slidedeck (it’s only 12MB :))a...
2018-01-25
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Extended Event Packages
I continue blogging on extended events. Today, I will discuss about the top level containers (Package) that gives access to...
2018-01-25
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Tinker as You Learn
In recent weeks I’ve seen my brother from another mother, Andy Leonard (twitter | blog), write or post about his learning...
2018-02-09 (first published: 2018-01-24)
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Blogs
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
Which of the following meta commands (sometimes called backslash or slash commands) within psql will provide you with information about the databases on the cluster?
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