2016 Polar Plunge
In just a few weeks… on January 30th, I’m going to be jumping into White Bear Lake in Minnesota. Now...
2016-01-05
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What is SSDT all about aka Why should I bother?
I often get asked the questions “What is SSDT" and I have wanted to have a single reference as to...
2016-01-11 (first published: 2016-01-05)
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What is SSDT all about aka Why should I bother?
I often get asked the questions “What is SSDT” and I have wanted to have a single reference as to what it is as it is actually pretty big....
2016-01-05
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What is SSDT all about aka Why should I bother?
I often get asked the questions “What is SSDT” and I have wanted to have a single reference as to...
2016-01-05
63 reads
What is SSDT all about aka Why should I bother?
I often get asked the questions “What is SSDT” and I have wanted to have a single reference as to...
2016-01-05
49 reads
TempDB memory leak?
I found a bug where I’m seeing TempDB use more memory than it should on multiple versions of SQL Server, especially on servers set up with common best practices. There’s a...
2016-01-05
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TempDB memory leak?
I found a bug where I’m seeing TempDB use more memory than it should on multiple versions of SQL Server,...
2016-01-08 (first published: 2016-01-05)
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Is Data Visualization still just a buzzword?
If asked this question two years ago, my answer would have been a resounding “Yes.” At that time, the focus...
2016-01-05
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Transaction Logging & Recovery (101)
Logging & Recovery Notes from SQL Server Logging, Recovery, and the Transaction Log (pluralsight) Paul Randal
Going to share some key points...
2016-01-05
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Book Review 2015
It’s been a few years since I wrote a review of books I’ve read, so this isn’t going to list...
2016-01-15 (first published: 2016-01-05)
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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...
Forums
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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