Statistics in SQL Server
I’ve put together a new Curah! of links to some of the better articles on SQL Server Statistics, specifically those...
2014-09-15 (first published: 2014-09-10)
7,399 reads
The Scary DBA
It’s All Fundamentals
I’m learning how to speak German. Interestingly enough, you don’t start off reading dissertations. Instead, you begin by learning the...
2014-09-09
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Speaker of the Month: September 2014
This month I’m very grateful because I was given the opportunity to present at DevLink in Chattanooga. I got to...
2014-09-05
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Left or Right?
No, this is not about politics. It’s about your WHERE clause… and your JOIN criteria… and your HAVING clause. It’s about a...
2014-09-08 (first published: 2014-09-03)
6,767 reads
Silliness for an Important Cause
I don’t mind saying that amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, scares me. A degenerative disease...
2014-08-21
1,237 reads
The Red Gate Way…
As companies go, Red Gate is a little different. That is readily apparent in our tools and the philosophy behind...
2014-08-20
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Getting the Word Out
A discussion that I’ve frequently had with organizers of SQL Saturday events, our own people here at Red Gate, authors,...
2014-08-19
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A Full Day of Query Tuning
I’m excited to able to say that I’ve been given the opportunity to put on a full day workshop at...
2014-08-14
810 reads
Say Thank You
I was approached by a man at SQL Bits who only wanted to thank me for blogging. He said, “I...
2014-08-13 (first published: 2014-08-06)
8,114 reads
Speaker of the Month: August 2014
Speaker of the Month is now officially one year old.
I went back and reread my first post. The goals were...
2014-08-08 (first published: 2014-08-01)
7,055 reads
Blogs
Data Skew in Data Engineering: What It Is and How to Fix It
You kick off a distributed job expecting it to finish in minutes — but...
SQL Server instance metadata inventory with PowerShell and SMO
By SQLPals
SQL Server instance metadata inventory with PowerShell and SMO The purpose...
5 SQL Tricks Worth Remembering Before You Close the Laptop
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Fuzzy String Matching in SQL Server 2025
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Representing Money
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Celebrating 30 years of PostgreSQL, A Thank you message
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Question of the Day
Representing Money
Which types of currency does the money data type represent?
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