SQLDay 2019 – day 3 (last)
SQLDay 2019 has come to an end. Three days with workshops, technical sessions, networking and knowledge. All done by community for community. I think this is the reason the...
2019-05-19
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Back with a new focus
First let me say wow can’t believe that it has been almost 3 years since I have blogged. The last few years my career have been focused on transitioning...
2019-05-19
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2019-05-17T15:59:50-05:00
TEST Kids learn so quick. It's amazing how fast my son has picked up #origami. He often has to wait for his slow-poke dad.
2019-05-17
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Information Measurement with SQL Server Part 4.5: The Squared L2 Family of Distances
By Steve Bolton …………In the last two installments of this series of amateur self-tutorials (apart from the Fisher Information article, which I deliberately published out of order), I introduced...
2019-06-05 (first published: 2019-05-17)
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Security Learning Pathway at PASS Summit.
This year PASS is trying something new at PASS Summit. There are going to be Learning Pathways. A learning pathway ... Continue reading
2019-05-17
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Pathways to Progress
One of the most significant and hardest challenges we face as data professionals (or generally anyone in IT) is how to keep up with learning. Most of us are...
2019-06-05 (first published: 2019-05-17)
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“Ups…I have deleted some data. Can you put it back?” – dbatools for the rescue
Few days ago I received a request to restore a dozen of tables because someone have deleted more data than it was supposed. I immediately thought about dbatools for...
2019-06-04 (first published: 2019-05-17)
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'Ups...I have deleted some data. Can you put it back?' - dbatools for the rescue
Few days ago I received a request to restore a dozen of tables because someone have deleted more data than it was supposed. I immediately thought about dbatools for...
2019-05-17
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Using Extended Events To Capture Backup and Restore Progress
If you are running a DATABASE BACKUP or RESTORE command manually, SQL Server will show you the progress at a specified % completion interval. For the BACKUP, the default is...
2019-06-03 (first published: 2019-05-16)
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Find identical duplicate indexes - Revised
I realized yesterday I posted this quickly after testing only against SQL 2016 version. So I decided to also test against SQL 2014 and 2012 versions to make sure...
2019-05-16
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Fun with Images
By Steve Jones
We’ve celebrated our birthday many times at Redgate. In the Book of Redgate –...
Why companies use Palantir and how we help implement it in the Czech Republic
Discover how Palantir connects enterprise data, supports AI-driven decision-making and helps companies turn insights...
Why companies use Palantir and how we help implement it in the Czech Republic
Palantir is an American software platform that brings together business data from different sources...
Forums
Pay for Performance
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My PASS Summit West 2026
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Packing and Decoding Device Status Codes with LEFT_SHIFT() and RIGHT_SHIFT() in SQL Server
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Question of the Day
SQL Server Audit Failures
If I have a SQL Server Server Audit setup, what are my options for configuring the instance in the event it can't write to the audit log?
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