Daily Coping 30 Sep 2022
Today’s coping tip is to find a new way to use one of your strengths or talents. I asked someone for strengths recently. Most of those items are things...
2022-09-30
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The Voice of the DBA
Daily Coping 29 Sep 2022
Today’s coping tip is to avoid saying “I should” and make time to do nothing, or do something fun. I’m writing this ahead of time, and I am doing...
2022-09-29
12 reads
Daily Coping 28 Sep 2022
Today’s coping tip is let go of other people’s expectations of you. I think in general I’m not too concerned about what other people think of me, or expect...
2022-09-28
13 reads
Daily Coping 27 Sep 2022
Today’s coping tip is take your time. Make space to just breathe and be still. An easy one today. I’m relaxing in Venice with my wife, and likely no...
2022-09-27
14 reads
Daily Coping 26 Sep 2022
Today’s coping tip is to enjoy photos from a time with happy memories. On vacation today in Venice, so I ought to get more, but I’ve started to put...
2022-09-26
12 reads
Daily Coping 23 Sep 2022
Today’s coping tip is to notice what you are feeling without any judgment. Today I’m stressed. I have been traveling a bit and trying to work remotely from my...
2022-09-23
18 reads
Daily Coping 22 Sep 2022
Today’s coping tip is to ask a trusted friend to tell you what strengths they see in you. On one hand this would seem easy. On the other, it...
2022-09-22
12 reads
Daily Coping 21 Sep 2022
Today’s coping tip is to leave positive messages for yourself to see regularly. I could use post-its, or something else, but something that has worked well for me with...
2022-09-21
12 reads
Checking Database Compatability = #SQLNewBlogger
Recently I needed to check the compatibility level of a database and SSMS didn’t work. This is what I did in T-SQL.https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/statements/alter-database-transact-sql-compatibility-level?view=sql-server-ver16 Another post for me that is simple...
2022-09-21
30 reads
Daily Coping 20 Sep 2022
Today’s coping tip is to find a caring, calming phrase to use when you feel low. Life is mostly good, but there are times I feel down, depressed, low,...
2022-09-20
11 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #198 Roundup: How Do You Detect Data Changes?
Thank you to everyone who participated in T-SQL Tuesday #198! When I wrote the...
Optimizing Redshift Performance by Configuring WLM Queues
Efficient query performance in Amazon Redshift often comes down to how well you manage...
PowerShell Strikes Back: Return of the Loop
By gbargsley
Welcome back to PowerShell Strikes Back. We’re three weeks in, and the training is...
Forums
Dealing with huge heap tables
Recently, our dev teams approach me for advice on improving their huge heap table...
Merge Replication failing with Error converting data type nvarchar to numeric
After upgrading 2 Merge Replicated databases to SQL 2022 and re-establishing the Merge Replication...
Why Your Index Isn't Being Used? - Reading Execution Plans to Find the Real Culprit
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Why Your Index Isn't Being...
Question of the Day
Distance Metric Algorithms
What are the distance metric algorithms that can be used in VECTOR_DISTANCE()?
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