When Your Options Are Limited
In my role I am still on-call several times each month, and many of the escalations that come are simply things that newer DBA's and Help Desk staff have...
2019-05-23 (first published: 2019-05-13)
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DevOps Is About Communication
I spend a lot of time showing how to use tools to automate database deployments in support of DevOps. However, the one message that I always try to deliver...
2019-05-24 (first published: 2019-05-13)
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Last Week Reading (2019-05-12)
Hello folks! One week passed, another one almost began. And that will be a crazy week on two conferences. Today, I’m in Wroclaw (Poland) where we’re prepping SQLDay conference...
2019-05-13
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Microsoft Build 2019 Announcements and Sessions on Demand
If you are like me and were unable to get away from the office to attend Microsoft Build 2019 you will be glad to know that Microsoft has published...
2019-05-10
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Always Use Roles–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. Which of these is more complex? GRANT SELECT...
2019-05-23 (first published: 2019-05-10)
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Changes to the PASS Bylaws
If you haven’t read the proposed changes yet you should do that first and form your own opinion before reading mine. Thoughts here are high level, not a line...
2019-05-10
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Access is denied – Using DTCPing utility between two Windows Server 2016
Few days ago a client requested the configuration of MSDTC (Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator). NOTE: If you want to know more about it here is a nice FAQ from...
2019-05-21 (first published: 2019-05-10)
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Interview with Robert Farley
This is the third interview we have done. This time our guest is Robert Farley who can be also recognized as the famous guitar player! Here you can find...
2019-05-10
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Maximum Number of Rows for the Table Value Constructor
What is the maximum number of rows for the Table Value Constructor? And, do different uses of it behave differently?… Continue reading Maximum Number of Rows for the Table...
2019-05-27 (first published: 2019-05-09)
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Life behind a proxy server: downloading content for SSMS Help Viewer
Life behind a proxy server can be problematic. Not every software out there is tested correctly for proxy interaction and oftentimes the experience for the corporate user is a...
2019-05-22 (first published: 2019-05-09)
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Blogs
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
My Social Media Rules
By Brian Kelley
I developed these rules a while back, before COVID. I had a period of...
Why Use TRY_PARSE(): #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
Someone asked why I would use TRY_PARSE after I posted a question at SQL...
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