Productivity For The Data Pro
Productivity is hard to measure when your work has no definite structure like a typical office job. You may operate...
2018-02-27
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Splitting It Up: Side by Side Queries In SSMS
There are times when you are writing a query while referencing another piece of information: the results of another query,...
2018-02-27
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Splitting It Up: Side by Side Queries In SSMS
There are times when you are writing a query while referencing another piece of information: the results of another query, a variable value, a webpage, etc...
If using two monitors...
2018-02-27
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What Do Read Counts On Your SQL Server Execution Plans Even Mean?
If you’ve ever spent any time looking at execution plans you will have almost definitely noticed all the read counts...
2018-02-27
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Who installed SQL Server?
Recently, I was working with the team and got stuck up with SQL Server Installation information. We got an urgent...
2018-02-27
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My latest presentations
I frequently present at user groups, and always try to create a brand new presentation to keep things interesting. We...
2018-02-26
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My latest presentations
I frequently present at user groups, and always try to create a brand new presentation to keep things interesting. We...
2018-02-26
670 reads
Off to SQL in the City 2018
I’m off today on a plane, flying to the UK for this Wednesday’s SQL in the City broadcast. This is...
2018-02-26
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GDPR: Your Hair Is Not On Fire
Along with a lot of other people, I’ve been attempting to call people’s attentions to the new General Data Protection...
2018-02-26
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How to setup Azure SQL Analytics
I am a big fan of this feature, I have written and spoken about it before ( https://blobeater.blog/2018/01/04/azure-sql-analytics/) but I did...
2018-02-26
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Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
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Checking the Error Log II
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Checking the Error Log II
What is the reason I should change my old code that uses xp_readerrorlog?
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