The Curse of Relational Databases
Let’s face it, none of Information Technology is easy. Oh yeah, there are those few geniuses that have an absolute...
2014-06-23 (first published: 2014-06-18)
5,165 reads
The Scary DBA
Natively Compiled Procedures and Bad Execution Plans
I’ve been exploring how natively compiled procedures are portrayed within execution plans. There have been two previous posts on the...
2014-06-17
1,353 reads
Differences In Native Compiled Procedures Execution Plans
All the wonderful functionality that in-memory tables and natively compiled procedures provide in SQL Server 2014 is pretty cool. But,...
2014-06-13 (first published: 2014-06-10)
2,057 reads
Speaker of the Month, June 2014
It’s not like I can’t find plenty of great presentations here in the US, but, while I was over in...
2014-06-06
751 reads
Natively Compiled Procedures and Execution Plans
The combination of in-memory tables and natively compiled procedures in SQL Server 2014 makes for some seriously screaming fast performance....
2014-06-05
1,361 reads
Add an Instance to SQL Server Azure Virtual Machine
How do you add an instance to your local SQL Server installation? You run the executable that you probably downloaded...
2014-05-19 (first published: 2014-05-13)
1,478 reads
Carolina Cruise
I’m going to speak at three user groups in three days in North and South Carolina. Evidently this is known...
2014-05-09
492 reads
Speaker of the Month, May 2014
Whoa! Another month gone by already? I guess I better pick a speaker of the month then. I went to...
2014-05-02
1,190 reads
Azure Automation
I introduced Azure Automation in a previous post. I’ve spent some more time exploring it.
There’s a set of documentation available...
2014-04-23
1,379 reads
I Am Better Than You
That is a patently false statement and total BS. It sure does crawl up your spine though doesn’t it? Why...
2014-04-22
933 reads
Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
Forums
Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB
Hi, I have a SQL Server instance where users connect to via Windows Authentication,...
Multiple Deployment Processes
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How to Use sqlpackage to Detect Schema Drift Between Azure SQL Databases
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Question of the Day
Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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