Azure SQL Database and Transaction Log
Checking out the transaction log in Azure SQL Database. If you are curious like me, you will want to know...
2019-01-23
1,655 reads
Why You Shouldn't Use SELECT * In Production Systems (EVER!)
OK so the title is a bit of a bold statement but bear with me, I’ve been burned by this...
2019-02-11 (first published: 2019-01-23)
6,859 reads
17 months of podcasting – recap
Before I publish the next episode of “Ask SQL Family” podcast, I would like to stop and look back for...
2019-01-23
158 reads
SQL Power Doc to Discover, Diagnose and Document SQL Server
This article will provide an overview of SQL Power Doc, a powerful script to document SQL Server, including pre-requisites, purpose, installation, processing and output. Automation seems to be an increasing...
2019-01-22
114 reads
SQL Power Doc to Discover, Diagnose and Document SQL Server
This article will provide an overview of SQL Power Doc, a powerful script to document SQL Server, including pre-requisites, purpose,...
2019-01-22
342 reads
Critiquing Grant Fritchey: Circa 2008
For several years, I ran a regular feature on this blog, Speaker of the Month. I attend a lot of...
2019-01-22
163 reads
Starting a Proof of Concept with SQL Change Automation
One of the ways that you can more easily perform database development tasks is with SQL Change Automation (SCA). This...
2019-02-01 (first published: 2019-01-22)
2,052 reads
Memory Grants part 5: Query hints
Proceed with caution, if you’re thinking of using query hints. This post will specifically cover min_grant_percent and max_grant_percent.
My opinion on...
2019-02-11 (first published: 2019-01-22)
10,351 reads
Optimizing for Ad Hoc Workloads
Watch this week’s episode on YouTube.
The execution plan cache is a great feature: after SQL Server goes through the effort...
2019-02-07 (first published: 2019-01-22)
2,214 reads
Optimizing for Ad Hoc Workloads
Watch this week's video on YouTube
The execution plan cache is a great feature: after SQL Server goes through the effort of generating a query plan, SQL Servers saves that...
2019-01-22
14 reads
Blogs
Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
By Steve Jones
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
To refer and to be referred
Referrals have never been more important in the job market. They’re no longer nice...
A New Word: Dorgone
By Steve Jones
dorgone– adj. wondering if you could slip away from an event or group conversation...
Forums
Querying Multiple Tables for the Same Information
I have about 100 Tables that are all suffixed with _Modify. These tables record...
Make It Routine
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Finding Gaps in Sequential Data Using SQL Server
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Question of the Day
Negative and Positive Numbers
If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?
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