SSDT Migrating Data Without Losing It
You sometimes want to do things like split a table into two or move a column into another table and when you use SSDT or the compare / merge...
2015-12-30
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SSDT Migrating Data Without Losing It
You sometimes want to do things like split a table into two or move a column into another table and...
2015-12-30
218 reads
SSDT Migrating Data Without Losing It
You sometimes want to do things like split a table into two or move a column into another table and...
2015-12-30
210 reads
Thanks Paul!
What I’ve noticed this year is that there’s really not another group of people like the SQL Community. Earlier this year Paul Randal ( b | t ), in...
2015-12-29
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Thanks Paul!
What I’ve noticed this year is that there’s really not another group of people like the SQL Community. Earlier this...
2015-12-29
890 reads
Slow Running Query? Where do I Begin?
Maybe you’re new to SQL Server or maybe you’re just expanding into performance tuning a little more. Query tuning can...
2015-12-29
1,818 reads
Why use a data lake?
Previously I covered what a data lake is (including the Azure Data Lake and enhancements), and now I wanted to touch...
2015-12-29
3,344 reads
Slow Running Query? Where do I Begin?
Maybe you’re new to SQL Server or maybe you’re just expanding into performance tuning a little more. Query tuning can...
2015-12-29
495 reads
Happy Holidays
It’s the time of the year again: the obligatory “how was the past year” blog post, combined with “what do...
2015-12-29
793 reads
Using a Variable to Populate the Query in a Lookup in SSIS
I encountered a situation on my last SSIS project in which I needed to be able to populate the query in lookup...
2015-12-29
844 reads
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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