Instant File Initialization in SQL Server on Linux
Earlier this week Ned Otter (@NedOtter) brought up a question about Instant File Initialization on SQL Server on Linux, check out the thread here. I was up way too...
2017-09-23
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Instant File Initialization in SQL Server on Linux
Earlier this week Ned Otter (@NedOtter) brought up a question about Instant File Initialization on SQL Server on Linux, check...
2017-09-23
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SQL Server On Containers
On Sep 23rd 2.45 PM PST, I will be presenting 2 sessions on “SQL Server On Containers” @ at SQLSaturday San Diego, if...
2017-09-23
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Information Measurement with SQL Server, Part 2.2: The Rényi Entropy and Its Kin
By Steve Bolton
…………I kicked off this far-ranging series on using SQL Server to quantify information by discussing two of the...
2017-09-22
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SQL Server: The danger of large data types
Databases are platforms that are designed to securely store and retrieve your data. Perhaps that’s why they’re called a data...
2017-09-22
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How Mature are you in Database DevOps?
I remember seeing the Carnegie Mellon Software Capability Maturity Model (CMM) when I was in university. It was fascinating, and...
2017-09-22
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PASS Summit 2017 is Coming
The yearly PASS Summit is just around the corner, a little less than six weeks away. For those not familiar...
2017-09-22
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How Do I Analyze a SQL Server Execution Plan?
A query is slow, and you figure out how to collect the query execution plan. Now what? In this video, I talk “big picture” about what execution plans are,...
2017-09-22
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Restore BACPAC to SQL Azure
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2 posts in 1 day? When you’re hot, you’re hot!
I’m actually writing this one whilst I’m waiting for a BACPAC...
2017-09-22
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How To Update Visual Studio 2017
(AKA how I lost a morning)
Hello!
This morning I needed to update my version of SSDT, but before I could do...
2017-09-22
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Blogs
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
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...
Forums
Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
Hi everyone, I'm hoping some of the longtime SQL Server professionals here might be...
Checking the Error Log II
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Parameter Sniffing on SQL Server 2025: A Walkthrough with Real Numbers
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Question of the Day
Checking the Error Log II
What is the reason I should change my old code that uses xp_readerrorlog?
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