T-SQL Tuesday #49: My Go-To Query For Waiting Tasks
I’m not just hosting T-SQL Tuesday, I’m a customer as well. Err, I mean participant. Topic for this month’s T-SQL...
2013-12-10
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Certification Updates for SQL Server 2014
Info from Microsoft on how the MCSA and MCSE certifications will be altered for SQL Server 2014:
In reviewing the SQL...
2013-12-10
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T-SQL Tuesday #49: Wait for it
It’s T-SQL Tuesday again and this time it’s being hosted by the SQL Soldier. He’s picked the subject of Waits....
2013-12-10
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Be a Brilliant DBA
John Sanson (b|t) recently asked a bunch of us, “If you could give a DBA just one piece of advice,...
2013-12-10
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T-SQL Tuesday #49: Using CXPacket Waits to Detect Query Bottlenecks
This post is for T-SQL Tuesday #49, the monthly blog party of the community.
This tradition was started by Adam...
2013-12-10
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One Piece of Advice For the Aspiring DBA #DBAJumpStart
Unicorn DBA Advice
When you are an aspiring DBA, there are many things that come with that job role that you’ll...
2013-12-10
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T-SQL Tuesday#49 - Wait for it...Waits & Queues
As
I was waiting for the next TSQL
Tuesday topic to be announced, we all know that when SQL Server performance is
slow,...
2013-12-10
1,610 reads
To DBA or Not to DBA (DBA Jumpstart)
This post is part of the SQL Community Project started by John Sansom called #DBAJumpStart. “If you could give a DBA just one piece of advice, what would it...
2013-12-10
11 reads
To DBA or Not to DBA (DBA Jumpstart)
This post is part of the SQL Community Project started by John Sansom called #DBAJumpStart.“If you could give a DBA...
2013-12-10
828 reads
Don’t Bring a Tank to a Prison Fight – #TSQL2SDAY #49
A couple of weeks ago I gave you some scripts to collect wait stats from your SQL Server instance over...
2013-12-13 (first published: 2013-12-10)
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Blogs
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By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
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Hyperscale Replicas IV
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The SQL Server Date Magic: When CAST and CONVERT Keep Your Index Seek
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Hyperscale Replicas IV
In Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many geo-replicas can be created?
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