Giving thanks in 2018

It’s the last post of 2018, and in years past I’ve recapped the year that has just been. This is...

Identity Gaps–#SQLNewBlogger

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...

Upgrading From SQL Server Profiler

How to correlate all of your favorite trace/profiler options into the shiny new XE equivalents.

As luck would have it, there is a means to correlate trace/profiler events to Extended...

Upgrading From SQL Server Profiler

I just shared an article describing how to use Extended Events to perform your SQL Server Profiler duties. If not,...

How To: XEvents as Profiler

Despite the controls in place there always seems to be some change that is unknown or even some cowboy that makes changes as s/he sees fit and forgets to...

How To: XEvents as Profiler

A common excuse for not delving into extended events seems to be the jump from Profiler to extended events.  There...

Merry Christmas

Wish you all a Merry Christmas and may this festival bring abundant joy and happiness in your life!

From 
 Technology with Vivek Johari 

Merry Christmas

Wish you all a Merry Christmasand may this festival bring abundant joy and happiness in your life!

From  Technology with Vivek Johari 

2018 Advent of Code–Day 1

I enjoy when the Avent of Code comes around each year. I seem to make this a December (or sometimes...

Running Windows and Linux SQL Containers together

Just for fun I decided to spend Christmas Eve getting Windows and Linux SQL containers running together.

WARNING
This is NOT a...