The 2021 virtual PASS Data Community Summit was held from November 8th through the 12th. PASS Summit has always been the biggest yearly conference for database professionals, and this year’s virtual conference had over 18,000 individuals registered! If you signed up for the event, you may now stream the sessions on-demand. This is an exclusive […]
2021-11-20
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In which direction should you drive your career? Steve has a few thoughts today.
2021-11-19
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Using an API for data access can be good, but it can also be a performance problem if everyone uses it.
2021-11-17
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2021-11-15
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How do you decide what data is important when doing machine learning?
2021-11-13
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Is a database like a series of micro-services? Steve draws an analogy today.
2021-11-12
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2021-11-10
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We now know when the next version of SQL Server is coming. At Ignite last week, Microsoft announced SQL Server 2022, which comes nearly 3 years after the last version, SQL Server 2019. Apparently, the pandemic's effects include delays in product development as it's been nearly three years since SQL Server 2019. The new version […]
2021-11-08
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Microsoft announced the release of the next version of SQL Server, 2022. There's a bunch of new enhancements that we can all get excited about. I can't wait to test the "Parameter Sensitive Plan" optimization myself. We can look forward to seeing this stuff in action, and in detail, at the PASS Data Community Summit […]
2021-11-06
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2021-11-05
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By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
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You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
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In SQL Server 2025, what are the most outgoing and incoming FK references a table can have?
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