Assigned reading: FREEPROCCACHE

I don’t often find myself blogging for the sole purpose of showing you someone else’s blog, but today is one...

Automatic Roll Forward Transaction Log Backups

Performing a transaction log backup every 15 minutes has its advantages. But it also has disadvantages. Ever tried to restore...

Query cost and Query Execution time - Difference

This post is my 100th post 🙂 Was inactive in blogging for few years in between. Now back in full flow....

Outlier Detection with SQL Server, part 7: Cook’s Distance

By Steve Bolton[
…………I originally intended to save Cook’s and Mahalanobis Distances to close out this series not only because the...

Compressing Outcomes

Find yourself struggling to determine the outcome of attempted compression settings in your database? This should help!
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Pick the Right Database in Azure

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U.S. stock markets have taken a beating this past week fueled by China markets. Take a look at how China and...

Setting Up an HDInsight Cluster (No Scripts Required)

Let me start by saying, I am not a fan of scripting. It definitely has its place and a lot...