Pass 2015 – Overall Thoughts
I know I only posted one other blog about Pass but I’ve been way too busy over the last couple...
2015-11-01
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PASS 2015 Session Report – Azure SQL DW Integration with the Azure Ecosystem & End of PASS 2015
PASS 2015 continues (and finishes up today!) in Seattle. Its been an amazing conference this year with a few things really hitting home; Amazing technology announcements around SQL 2016 CTP3...
2015-10-31
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PASS 2015 Session Report – Azure SQL DW Integration with the Azure Ecosystem & End of PASS 2015
PASS 2015 continues (and finishes up today!) in Seattle.
Its been an amazing conference this year with a few things really...
2015-10-31
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Scripts and Slide Deck: The Data Loading Performance Presentation at PASS Summit
I have just finished delivering my session, The Data Loading Performance Presentation at PASS Summit 2015. It went very well,...
2015-10-30
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Freaky statistics feature
SQL Server statistics can make things a bit freaky. You might have read one of my previous articles portraying a...
2015-10-30
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From PASS Summit to MVP Summit
This was a really great week!
So many sessions by great speakers, lots of community events, parties and fun. I met...
2015-10-30
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Catching specific statements using new MI008 "Statement used" rule
Imagine that you want (for some reason) prohibit usage of some statement (or statements), eg - CURSOR
How can you find if...
2015-11-05 (first published: 2015-10-30)
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the game
So things are messed up. Bad. I mean, you lost a $2.7 Billion Dollar Secret Blimp or your team accidentally sent...
2015-10-30
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Tricks and Treats with XE
With the proximity to Halloween, it's not hard (knowing me) to figure out why I originally decided to terminate this series on the Eve of Halloween day. Join me...
2015-10-30
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Tricks and Treats with XE
Halloween is a great time of year. It is unfortunate that it is just one day of the year. That...
2015-10-30
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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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advice on ssrs version control
Hi we're a bit behind on versioning ssrs. I think we have over 1600...
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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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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