Precons in Richmond, Philadelphia and New York
I love when I get the opportunity to present at SQLSaturday events. Even more than that, I love when I...
2018-03-09 (first published: 2018-02-28)
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The Scary DBA
Adaptive Joins
I was surprised to find out that a lot people hadn’t heard about the new join type, Adaptive join. So,...
2018-02-27
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GDPR: Your Hair Is Not On Fire
Along with a lot of other people, I’ve been attempting to call people’s attentions to the new General Data Protection...
2018-02-26
475 reads
Wait Statistics on a Query
Wait statistics are a vital part of understanding what is causing your system to run slowly. Capturing them can be...
2018-02-14 (first published: 2018-02-05)
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Youtube Channel Update
Hello,
I just wanted to take a moment to promote the work I’ve been doing with the YouTube Channel.
I’ve published four...
2018-01-29
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You Need a New Hobby
Not sure who this is that is attempting to hack into my blog so desperately, but seriously, time for a...
2018-01-23
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Database Fundamentals #16: Removing Data With T-SQL
Deleting data from a table using T-SQL works quite a lot like the UPDATE statement.
How it Works
In the same way...
2018-01-31 (first published: 2018-01-22)
2,235 reads
Updated YouTube Channel
Hello all,
I’ve recently updated my YouTube channel. I’m going to be posting a lot more videos up there. If you...
2018-01-16
320 reads
Getting Started in a SQL Server 2017 VM in Azure
You say you’re ready to dip your toes in the Azure ocean? Come on in, the water’s fine!
Oh, you want...
2018-01-26 (first published: 2018-01-15)
1,209 reads
Statistics Use, Extended Events and Execution Plans
Query tuning ain’t easy.
Figuring out which index is getting used is one step, and generally simple, look at the execution...
2018-01-17 (first published: 2018-01-08)
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Blogs
A Broken Copilot Query
By Steve Jones
I was testing the new SSMS (v22 Preview 3) with Copilot and ran into...
SQL Server Alerts
By Kevin3NF
Don’t Let Trouble Sneak Up on You Most SQL Servers run quietly. Until...
Prompt AI helping with Auditing
By Steve Jones
I had a conversation with a customer asking this question: how can I tell...
Forums
Create an HTML Report on the Status of SQL Server Agent Jobs
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Create an HTML Report on...
Collation errors...what is best way to deal with it?
Hi I have a SP that occasionally get this error: Cannot resolve the collation...
Was the index created or not?
Hi everyone I am getting an error when I create the index but I...
Question of the Day
Estimated Rows
I have two calls to the GENERATE_SERIES TVF in this code:
SELECT TOP 10 gs.value FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 10) AS gs ORDER BY NEWID () OPTION (RECOMPILE); go DECLARE @a int = 10; SELECT TOP (@a) gs.value FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, @a) AS gs ORDER BY NEWID () OPTION (RECOMPILE);In the actual query plans, what is the estimated number of rows for each batch in SQL Server 2022? See possible answers