Confusion of An Old Technologist
As someone who still actively pursues a career in technology, I’m a little on the older side. I got started...
2017-02-23
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The Scary DBA
Estimated Costs of All Queries
One question constantly comes up; What should the Cost Threshold for Parallelism be? The default value of 5 is pretty...
2017-02-22 (first published: 2017-02-20)
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Export All Plans From Cache to a .SQLPLAN File
I was asked if there was an easy way to export all the plans from cache to a .SQLPLAN file....
2017-02-13
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Does Query Store Pre-Allocate Space
I love the questions I get while I’m presenting because they force me to think and learn. The question in...
2017-02-14 (first published: 2017-02-07)
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Still Grateful to Rodney Landrum
So, my blog got hacked. They edited the page where I thanked Rodney for all that he did. I had...
2017-02-06
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I have been hacked
I’m working on securing the blog. Please stand by. Apologies for any inconvenience or confusion.
The post I have been hacked...
2017-02-05
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Data About Execution Plans
If you look at the Properties for the first operator of a graphical execution plan, you get all sorts of great...
2017-01-23
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Scheduling Statistics Maintenance in Azure SQL Data Warehouse
The power and capabilities of Azure SQL Data Warehouse are pretty amazing. However, it’s still basically SQL Server under the...
2017-01-25 (first published: 2017-01-18)
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Query Optimizer and Data Definition Language Queries
Data Definition Language queries don’t go through the optimizer, right? While normally, my short answer to this question in the past would...
2017-01-10
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Database Configuration
It’s amazing just how much the landscape changed with the release of SQL Server 2016 SP1. For example, I just...
2016-12-20
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Blogs
New article – migrating from a named instance
By Brian Kelley
Do you have a case where you have a named instance you'd like to...
Using the SIGN() Function: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I was trolling the docs and noticed the SIGN() function. I have never written...
T-SQL Tuesday #201 Round-Up: Temp Tables, Friend or Foe?
By ReviewMyDB
The T-SQL Tuesday #201 round-up: nine bloggers on whether temp tables are a friend...
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Kerberos Authentication for Aurora PostgreSQL: Mapping AD Groups to Database Roles
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RegEx Functions I
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RegEx Functions I
Which of these RegEx functions need compatibility level 170 in SQL Server 2025?
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