What’s in my backup file?
Restoring a backup file is pretty easy right?
RESTORE DATABASE [Test] FROM DISK = 'C:\backups\backup.bak';Ok, but what if more than one database...
2017-02-22
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SSMS Presenter Mode
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) release candidate 17.0 RC2 works side-by-side with generally available releases (16.x), but it is not...
2017-02-22
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Remotely Administering the Docker Engine on Windows Server 2016
Continuing on my series in working with Docker on Windows, I noticed that I always open up a remote powershell...
2017-02-22
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Read Statistics Histogram using DMV
DMV: sys.dm_db_stats_histogram (object_id, stats_id)
For a long time, the DBCC SHOW_STATISTICS command was the only way to get information about statistics....
2017-02-22
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JSON Support Is The Best New Developer Feature in SQL 2016 — Part 4: Performance Comparisons
This is the fourth article in my series about learning how to use SQL Server 2016's new JSON functions. If you haven't already, you can read Part 1?—?Parsing JSON,...
2017-02-21
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We Hired!
The response to our most recent job position was incredible, and I’d like to thank all of the folks who...
2017-02-21
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Heading Back to SQL Bits
I’m honored to be selected to speak at SQL Bits 2017 this April in Telford. This is my favorite SQL...
2017-02-21
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Giving a Security Webinar on Thursday
On Thursday, February 23rd at 3 PM EST I’m giving a webinar on designing a successful database security model with...
2017-02-21
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Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 39 – Waffle Chart)
In this module you will learn how to use the Waffle Chart Power BI Custom Visual. The Waffle Chart visual...
2017-02-21
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Permanent Employment v Contracting: How the figures stack up
In my latest learning tree newsletter, I discussed analysing some of the salary survey data that the good folks over...
2017-02-24 (first published: 2017-02-21)
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Blogs
Exploring DiskANN: Part I: Understanding the Algorithm before the disk
How I used AI for this postChatGPT to generate images based on info specifically...
Learning Tool – Deepstash
By Brian Kelley
A few months ago I started using Deepstash. Deepstash breaks books into the key...
New article – migrating from a named instance
By Brian Kelley
Do you have a case where you have a named instance you'd like to...
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Question of the Day
The Data API Builder MCP Server Tools
The Data API Builder MCP Server, v2.x, includes a number of tools. What actions can these tools perform in your database?
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