Query Memory Grants and Resource Semaphores in SQL Server

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Internal Query Processor Error Debugged

In Joyful Craftsmen we provide, among other things, technical support to our customers, which from time to time involves us...

Database Transaction log file full in the full recovery model

AdvertisementsI am seeing in more environment the database recovery model is set FULL and there is no transaction log backup...

Speaking at SQL Saturday Oregon

I am so excited and honored that I have been selected to speak at SQL Saturday Oregon on November 3,...

ASF 015 video invitation

“This was in Dallas, we had our MVP Summit in Dallas and there were only maybe like less than 10...

How much affects encryption to your database performance?

Transparent data encryption (TDE) helps you to secure your data at rest, this means the data files and related backups are encrypted, securing your data in case your media...

Power BI Monthly Digest – October 2018

In this month’s Power BI Digest with my friend Manuel Quintana [Blog | Twitter] and I will again guide you through...

Regular Expressions: tagging expressions

I re-discovered something very cool while using RegEx in SSMS today: tagging expressions and referencing them in the same line! I’ll take...

Generic Modifier In & Out C#

In [Contravariant]The image is self-explanatory.

Out [Covarient]The image is self-explanatory.

SQL Pivot and Unpivot relational operatots

In this article, we’ll walk-through the SQL Pivot and SQL Unpivot operators and how they can be useful to transpose...