Resolving PolyBase Installation Errors in SQL Server 2016

One of the exciting new features you may want to explore in SQL Server 2016 is PolyBase. However, as I...

SQL vs NoSQL

Introduction
Despite the traditional relational DB world, there’s also a trend for NoSQL. The NoSQL databases that enable storing unstructured and...

GIT Learning Resources

I’ve spent most of my career using VSS and TFS, mainly because that’s what was being used. Better any source...

TGI Friday (Live Blog Day 4)

Its been long but productive week at Tree Tech

This week I’m teaching Learning Tree’s course 2108 SQL Server Database Administration in the...

SQLServerZest is now DataGinger!

We are happy to announce the birth of DataGinger. Starting today we officially re-branded ourselves as DataGinger.com (previously SQLServerZest.com). The...

Introduction to Power BI Desktop – Recording Now Available

Thank you to everyone that attended this past Tuesday’s webinar hosted by Pragmatic Works called Introduction to Power BI Desktop....

Descriptive Statistics with SQL and R – 1

I started my re-discovery of statistics with an introduction here. This second post is about descriptive statistics – very basic, simple...

SQL Server CTE – Back to Basics

Of all the fundamental concepts within SQL Server, this one drives me a bit batty from time to time. Think about that statement for just a moment.
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SQL Server CTE – Back to Basics

Quick Flashback
Back in late December of 2015, a challenge of sorts was issued by Tim Ford (twitter) to write a...

SQL Server Indexing Book Giveaway – Week 6 (Index Myths)

And now for something not so different with week 6 of the Expert Performance Indexing for SQL Server book giveaway.  So far, I’ve sent out five copies of the book based on comments from...