When the query plan hash is deceptive
When you’re querying the plan cache, you need to know the four primary objects: the query hash, query plan hash,...
2019-01-17
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Audit SQL Agent Jobs
One probably seldom thinks of the SQL Agent jobs scheduled on the SQL Server instance - unless they fail. What if the job failed because something was changed in...
2019-01-17
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Audit SQL Agent Jobs
One probably seldom thinks of the SQL Agent jobs scheduled on the SQL Server instance – unless they fail. What if...
2019-01-17
1,011 reads
Getting Parameters Out From a Stored Procedure–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2019-01-31 (first published: 2019-01-16)
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Database modelling in a post-SSMS world: dbForge Studio
A few months ago, Microsoft announced that SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) will no longer include the visual Database Diagrams...
2019-01-16
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Multi-server scripts with SSMS using SQLCMD mode
SSMS is the most common tool used by SQL Developers or DBA’s but unfortunately there are some features that are...
2019-01-30 (first published: 2019-01-16)
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Watch all my free PASS Summit recordings– and more videos at Pass.org
A magical thing happened this week in the SQL Community Slack (it’s free to join, by the way, sign up here). In the midst of a discussion about the...
2019-01-16
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Butter in My Coffee and Low Carb Tortillas: Keto Day 2
Hello Dear Reader, just a quick check in, I had originally planned to blog yesterday. However, screen shots of apps made for a terrible looking blog.Fortunately I found that...
2019-01-16
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Butter in My Coffee and Low Carb Tortillas: Keto Day 2
Hello Dear Reader, just a quick check in, I had originally planned to blog yesterday. However, screen shots of apps...
2019-01-16
234 reads
Data Modeling Webcast Rescheduled
Unfortunately, due to a last minute scheduling conflict on my side, we’ve had to reschedule the data modeling webcast with...
2019-01-16
142 reads
Blogs
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
Don’t Fear the Technology
By Brian Kelley
The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to...
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Optimized Locking in SQL Server 2025: Fewer Locks, Less Blocking, and the Cases It Cannot Fix
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Finely Tuned Models
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions III
If I run the REGEXP_LIKE() function, does it match values in a case-sensitive fashion, or a case-insensitive fashion by default.
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