So you want to write a book
I had posted a while back on the process of book writing. It was an attempt to educate while scaring...
2010-12-08
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The Scary DBA
Review: Idera SQL Doctor
Recently, a co-worker practically slammed me up against the wall, exclaiming “You have to check out this new tool, right...
2010-12-06
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SQL Spackle
I previously mentioned how SQL Server Central was listing ideas for articles, primarily for short, quick, pointed articles that they...
2010-12-02
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Regressions
Hannah Dustin, Upset about Regression
One of the most important take-aways from David Dewitt’s presentation at the PASS Summit was the...
2010-11-30
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FreeCon
I got my FreeCon. What’s more, I did it in public and didn’t get in trouble.
FreeCon is the brain child...
2010-11-24
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Do Foreign Key Constraints Help Performance?
Most people are very aware of the fact that having a foreign key constraint in place on your tables adds...
2010-11-22
1,701 reads
Un-SQL Friday: Branding?
Following in Midnight DBA’s more interesting half new blog fest topic.
My branding? I don’t have a clue. There, I said...
2010-11-19
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Reason for Early Termination of Statement
Wouldn’t you like to know why the optimizer stopped tuning the execution plan you’re looking at? It’s actually possible and...
2010-11-18
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SQL Server Team-Based Development
The new book is available in a free download from Red Gate. I had a lot of fun working on...
2010-11-16
1,169 reads
Switching Off Parameter Sniffing
Or, another way to put it, in most cases, shooting yourself in the foot.
I was not aware that the cumulative...
2010-11-15
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Blogs
Five Ways Redshift Serverless Quietly Eats Your Budget
It is Friday, the queries are running, and nobody is watching the bill. That...
A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
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BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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