I’m sure I’ve never mentioned that I’m an amateur radio operator. Like Vegans and Cross Fitters, we tend to be shy and withdrawn about our predilections. BWA-HA-HA! Ok, like...
2025-04-28 (first published: 2025-04-11)
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A while back I wrote about using AI to explore why people are not using Extended Events. You can read all about it here, but a short summary of...
2025-04-11 (first published: 2025-03-31)
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Let’s face it, most of the time, you probably don’t want your SQL Server execution plans to go parallel. After all, that’s why, instead of adjusting the Cost Threshold...
2025-04-04 (first published: 2025-03-24)
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When Covid took out the PASS organization, I had someone say to me, “Well, that’s the end of the data community.” My response was pretty simple, “Nope. The community...
2025-03-20
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I live for questions and this was an interesting one. Can you see Table Valued Parameters that have been passed in to Extended Events? I literally have no idea....
2025-04-02 (first published: 2025-03-17)
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I’ve been putting together a new PostgreSQL session called “Performance Monitoring for the Absolute Beginner.” There are several ways to get an understanding of how well your queries are...
2025-02-21 (first published: 2025-02-13)
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I travel quite a lot for work. Most of it is in the US and Europe, but I get around to other places as well. Most of the time,...
2024-10-21 (first published: 2024-10-07)
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Please, let me reiterate: The only valid test of a backup is a restore. THE ONLY VALID TEST OF A BACKUP IS A RESTORE. I’m happy that you have...
2024-10-16 (first published: 2024-09-30)
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Another discussion in Gothenburg (such a great group of people) around Extended Events lead to a (admittedly, tiny) idea for an additional use for sp_statement_completed. The basics for sp_statement_completed...
2024-10-09 (first published: 2024-09-23)
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I had an excellent group of people in Gothenburg Sweden when I taught there and I was asked: Can You See Who Forced a Plan? I didn’t know the...
2024-09-25 (first published: 2024-09-16)
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By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
By Bert Wagner
Until recently, my family's 90,000+ photos have been hidden away in the depths of...
I have a SQL Agent job for backing up a set of Analysis Services...
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