Monday Morning SQL Break – July 11, 2016
It’s Monday and time for this week’s blog and twitter round-up for last week. I spent the weekend with family...
2016-07-11
864 reads
StrateSQL
SQL Server Indexing Book Giveaway – Week 5
It’s time for week 5 of giving out some copies of Expert Performance Indexing for SQL Server. So far, I’ve sent...
2016-07-05
669 reads
SQL Server Indexing Book Giveaway – Week 5
It’s time for week 5 of giving out some copies of Expert Performance Indexing for SQL Server. So far, I’ve sent out four copies of the book based on comments from...
2016-07-05
4 reads
Tuesday Morning SQL Break – July 5, 2016
Yesterday was a holiday here in the United States, so I’m starting the week on Tuesday. For those in the...
2016-07-05
797 reads
Monday Morning SQL Break – June 27, 2016
The best way to make the most of the week is to set your goals. One of the things I...
2016-06-27
882 reads
SQL Server Indexing Book Giveaway – Week 4 (the late edition)
So… it’s Saturday night and I missed getting this out on Friday morning…
But, in past three weeks’ posts (1, 2, 3),...
2016-06-26
719 reads
SQL Server Indexing Book Giveaway – Week 4 (the late edition)
So… it’s Saturday night and I missed getting this out on Friday morning… But, in past three weeks’ posts (1, 2, 3), I talked about how I’ve got a few copies...
2016-06-26
3 reads
Monday Morning SQL Break – June 20, 2016
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly blog and twitter round-up for last week. If you haven’t already, follow me...
2016-06-20
867 reads
SQL Server Indexing Book Giveaway – Week 3
In past two weeks’ posts (1, 2) I talked about how I’ve got a few copies of Expert Performance Indexing for...
2016-06-17
716 reads
SQL Server Indexing Book Giveaway – Week 3
In past two weeks’ posts (1, 2) I talked about how I’ve got a few copies of Expert Performance Indexing for SQL Server to give away. This is a book that I...
2016-06-17
3 reads
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The CDO’s Playbook for AI Driven Decision Making
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sp_snapshot – The easy way to take database snapshots of one or more databases – V3.0
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Question of the Day
Vector Datatype
The new Vector datatype in SQL Server 2025 is a binary type that has a few parameters. What parameters are required?
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