New blog post - Monitor deadlocks in Amazon RDS for SQL Server and set notifications using Amazon CloudWatch

Checkout my blog post on Monitor deadlocks in Amazon RDS for SQL Server and...

New blog post - Monitor deadlocks in Amazon RDS for SQL Server and set notifications using Amazon CloudWatch

Checkout my blog post on Monitor deadlocks in Amazon RDS for SQL Server and...

Let’s Celebrate Pride by Supporting Nonprofits

For Pride this year, we’re highlighting queer nonprofits and charities. It’s more important than ever to support the queer community and raise awareness for those who do so all...

Daily Coping 15 Jun 2021

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

Launching the Microsoft Data Platform Continuity Virtual Group

Disasters big and small happen, and as data professionals, you should be prepared for the worst! I’m thrilled to announce that we’re launching the Microsoft Data Platform Continuity Virtual...

EightKB Summer 2021 Edition

The schedule for EightKB Summer 2021 Edition has been announced! Here’s the schedule: – N.B. – I particularly like that if you click on the session on the website,...

Long names vs short names (or aliases)

I remember when I was first learning to code there was always the argument of how long a name should ... Continue reading

Cleaning Up Stats Data for Volleyball

One of the things I’ve done the last few years is collect statistics as a coach for the kids I work with. Helping them understand how they are performing...

Day One, the Journaling App, Joins Automattic

We’re excited to welcome Day One to the Automattic team. Day One is a private journaling app that makes writing for yourself a simple pleasure. A beautifully designed user...

Find Queries Using a Key Lookup Operator

While teaching about Extended Events and Execution Plans last week, Jason, one of the people in the class, asked: Is there a way in Extended Events to find queries...