Introduction to Big Data
So you’ve been working as a DBA or a BI developer for several years now. You know your stuff very...
2016-02-21
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More SQL Saturday Precon News(Real-time Dashboards)!!!!
As you read in my earlier post, I am delivering a couple of precons in Tampa, FL and Richmond, VA. ...
2016-02-19
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2016-02-19
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The Easy Phone Restore
This is hardware week for me, with a new phone coming in the mail. This was a warranty replacement for...
2016-02-18
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Flash sale – Discount for Chicago SQL Saturday Precon – This Afternoon Only
I’m running a flash sale discount for my upcoming Chicago SQL Saturday Precon called ‘SQL Server Infrastructure Tuning for Availability...
2016-02-18
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Azure SQL Database Error
I was on SQL Cruise where I was scheduled to present a session on Azure SQL Database. I recorded all...
2016-02-18
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CONVERT and HEX
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2016-02-17
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Azure SQL Database security
Life we be so much easier if we could just trust everyone, but since we can’t we need solid security...
2016-02-17
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TSQL Tuesday #75 – PowerBI
This month’s TSQL Tuesday post is from one of my favorite people in the community – Jorge Segarra a.k.a. SQL Chicken. It...
2016-02-17
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Documenting SQL Server Access – Who Can Do What? - Syndication – WaterOx Consulting
When is the last time you audited who has SQL Server access? No really? When did you last do this?...
2016-02-22 (first published: 2016-02-17)
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Blogs
Keeping Redshift System Table History Past 7 Days with S3 Tables
Redshift keeps its SYS_* monitoring views for seven days in cluster, which is fine...
Updating the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
I was updating my session for the Data API Builder (DAB) recently, mostly to...
T-SQL Tuesday #202 Invitation: That One SQL Server Outage You’ll Never Forget
I am excited to host T-SQL Tuesday for the first time. I want to...
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Practical Ways to Approach SQL Server Problems and Case Studies
Working with SQL Server can involve more than just writing queries. Understanding database design,...
Measuring Productivity
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Importing Excel files into SQL Server using DuckDB and Python
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Question of the Day
Tracking All the Queries
I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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