24 Hours of PASS
I’m fairly certain Jack Bauer isn’t involved with this new initiative from PASS. Just as I’m also certain I won’t...
2009-08-03
733 reads
The Scary DBA
Active August #1
I like to blog about technical topics and community, not personal stuff. However, this is a community post. A number...
2009-08-01
621 reads
PASS & SQL Bloggers
PASS is trying to find better ways to reach out to SQL Bloggers. They’re going to experiment with taking advantage...
2009-07-31
1,317 reads
No really. When did this statement start?
I thought I had an interesting answer to the question. Unfortunately Adam Machanic, who has been working in this specific...
2009-07-31
1,318 reads
When did this statement start?
UPDATE: This post is incorrect. Adam nailed it in the comments. I explain my mistake here.
A question came up over...
2009-07-28
1,873 reads
Attache/Brief Case Review
Steve Jones, through a series of comments, emails, blackmail, back-alley deals & tons of whining, agreed to let me review a...
2009-07-24
569 reads
Conversations
Do you know how to start a conversation or how to join one? I usually wait for a pause and...
2009-07-21
664 reads
MS Field Engineer’s on Performance Troubleshooting
Do you want to get a glimpse into how the Microsoft Field Engineers would go about troubleshooting performance issues on...
2009-07-20
780 reads
Blogs
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
Forums
Huge frustration - Database watcher with two elastic pools
Think there's a reason why this is still in preview, but have someone manage...
SQL Server 2025 Query Performance Tuning: Troubleshoot and Optimize Query Performance
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server 2025 Query Performance...
Is it uncommon for Dev's to have a data model of the source data
This is a generic question. To the moderators, I wasn't sure where to place...
Question of the Day
Creating JSON I
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG( 'City':'Denver') GOSee possible answers