Searching for Plans
Would you want a query optimizer that searches for the best plan for your code? Steve Jones thinks this might not be a bad idea.
2015-05-15 (first published: 2010-09-13)
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Editorials
2015-05-13
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Opening Up Data
Tim O'Reilly, head of O'Reilly publishing, has been an advocate of better date movement in the world. Steve Jones has a few comments on an interview he gave earlier this year.
2015-05-12
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Not Only a Meeting of Minds, but of Open Minds.
In which Phil Factor claims that professional application development requires a broad knowledge base.
2015-05-11
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The Service Pack Fiasco
The recent SQL Server 2014 Service Pack fiasco wasn't the first, but hopefully it won't be the last.
2015-05-11
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vNext 2016
Steve Jones looks at the next version of SQL Server, SQL Server 2016. Until this week, it was known as vNext.
2015-05-07
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2015-05-04
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Complete Definitions
When we write scripts, we often assume many settings will be at some default value. When we generate scripts, that's not the case. Perhaps we should be sure that we always include the settings we expect.
2015-05-04
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Finding Problem Code
This week Steve Jones has a poll on performance tuning code. Since many people aren't experts, the answers this week might help them learn where to focus their efforts.
2015-05-01
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Is It Time to Upgrade?
Today Steve Jones looks at the reasons for upgrading, or not, from SQL Server 2005.
2015-04-30
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Blogs
A New Word: Anderance
By Steve Jones
anderance – n. the awareness that your partner perceives the relationship from a totally...
Troubleshooting SQL Server – Starting with the Error Log
By gbargsley
We’ve all been there. Someone walks up and asks, “Is SQL Server having issues?”...
From OLTP to Analytics: Bridging the Gap with Modern SQL Architectures
By Chris Yates
In the beginning, there was OLTP – Online Transaction Processing. Fast, reliable, and ruthlessly...
Forums
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The Security of Old Tech
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Tables with a SPARSE Column and Consumption
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