Failovers can’t serve two masters
As I’m sure you’re aware, the career path for a SQL Server DBA is a wonderful journey of growing your catalog of knowledge through unexpected lessons. For example: Did...
2018-12-02
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The Desert DBA
Failovers can’t serve two masters
As I’m sure you’re aware, the career path for a SQL Server DBA is a wonderful journey of growing your catalog of knowledge through unexpected lessons. For example: Did...
2018-12-02
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PASS Summit 2018 brain dump
Much like your paycheck, this post is two weeks after the fact. But also like your paycheck, it’s got a good deal of personal importance. I’ve taken a couple...
2018-11-25
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PASS Summit 2018 brain dump
Much like your paycheck, this post is two weeks after the fact. But also like your paycheck, it’s got a good deal of personal importance. I’ve taken a couple...
2018-11-25
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Don’t believe the myth TRUNCATE TABLE isn’t logged
Remember the Bill Gates email hoax? The one that claims to be some sort of Microsoft beta test saying Gates is going to pay cash money to anyone who...
2018-10-05
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How to create a presentation in 30 easy steps
As I mentioned previously, this week I presented my first public SQL Server training session. I’m truly grateful for this opportunity because after all the work I put into...
2018-09-21
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Batching data manipulation is great as long as you do it correctly
As Sinatra was fond of singing, “regrets, I’ve had a few.” And one of those came this week immediately after my presentation. This isn’t to say the presentation didn’t...
2018-09-15
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Delayed durability, the TURBO button for your transaction log
As noted in the previous post, this month I got my learn on at Tech Outbound’s SQL Cruise Alaska. Which was awesome in so many ways, but I’m only...
2018-08-29
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Blogs
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Tables
Which of the following psql meta commands (also called backslash or slash commands) will provide information about tables within a database?
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