Join me and Kalen Delaney today for 24HOP

I’m excited to be monitoring Kalen’s session on concurrency. The session is today and is titled “Locking, Blocking, Versions: Concurrency...

Top 5 SQL Server Books for the DBA

The Top 5 series has proved rather popular. My Top 5 books for Enterprise Architecture was the most popular post in...

Reminder: #SQLChat at lunch today

This is a reminder that we’ll having a #SQLChat this afternoon at 12 PM EDT. Here are the details:
SQLChat: Do...

Sql Server – Statistics (Create, Update and delete Statistics)

Sql Server – Statistics (Create, Update and delete Statistics)

If you are reading this Article, I assume that you know the basics...

Implementing Fuzzy Sets in SQL Server, Part 3: Using Fuzzy Intersections as AND Statements

By Steve Bolton
…………Whenever we assign set membership grades to records on a continuous scale, we open up a whole new...

PASS Summit 2016: Recommendations and Invitations (#sqlpass #sqlsummit)

The last week of October, we’ll be at the PASS Summit in Seattle, WA.  As some of you already know – and as I...

Learning All About Always Encrypted at DevConnections

Like the alliteration in the title? I almost removed it, but decided it had a nice ring. Maybe that should...

Resolving an Error When Creating an Availability Group Listener

Resolving an Error When Creating an Availability Group Listener.

In this post, I’m going to talk an issue that I found...

Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 15 – Table Heatmap)

In this module you will learn how to use the Table Heatmap Power BI Custom Visual.  The Table Heatmap has...

SQLChat on Wednesday, Webinar on Thursday!

I’m participating in two community activities this week. One is a #SQLCchat on Twitter and the other is a webinar...