IT People’s Technical Debt and Reputation Credit
In Canada and USA, when people apply for a credit card or a loan/mortgage, the lending institutions will always do...
2016-06-08 (first published: 2016-06-01)
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PowerShell – Deleting those files
Usually I prefer to use C# to delete files (as part of my retention policy for backups) as a stored...
2016-06-01
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What is the max/min size of a decimal data type?
Recently, I wrote a maintenance script to check every table in every database on our servers at work nightly and...
2016-05-31
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“Tuesday Morning” SQL Break – May 31, 2016
Yesterday it was Monday, which is when I usually aim to post a weekly blog and twitter round-up. But since I...
2016-05-31
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Running Multiple Threads Quickly
Recently I was looking to generate a quick workload against an instance. I wanted to add to the amount of...
2016-05-31
1,052 reads
Analyzing David and Goliath datasets on a same chart; Dual Axis in Excel, Power BI and SSRS
[2016-May-31] Two different metrics, two different datasets, one may represent a very high value and the other one is very low....
2016-05-31
1,706 reads
THE SQL Server 2016 NYC Launch Event Schedule
Presenting the OFFICIAL SQL Server 2016 NYC Launch Event Schedule for Thursday, June 2, 2016, just ONE day after the...
2016-05-31
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Precedence Goes to Query Store or Plan Guide?
While presenting at SQLDay in Wroclaw, Poland, on the Query Store, I was asked a pretty simple question, which takes...
2016-05-31
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Power BI Desktop May 2016 Update Info: Conditional Formatting and Quick Calc
*Update: The Power BI team has finally published a blog post with all the new features and its glorious! Read...
2016-05-31
1,323 reads
I hate saying no
I really do. There is a joke that DBAs say no to everything and there is some truth to that....
2016-05-31
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Prep data for AI vs. Fabric Data Agent Instructions: What Goes Where?
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 3 (This is the final article in a three-part series...
Forums
Four Rules for Adding AI Without Breaking What Already Works
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Four Rules for Adding AI...
SQL Server 2025 section missing?
Hello, the title says it all. Is the SQL Server 2025 section missing?
A design question in a parent child relationship
I am not sure which is the best way to proceed. I have parent...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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