PASS Data Architecture Virtual Chapter presents Characteristics of a Great Relational Database
On Thursday October 20th ,MVP Louis Davidson will discuss the why normalized databases are the most important part of query tuning
Pascals Triangle, Home Work and Root Cause Analysis
A lively comparison of Pascal's triangle to root cause analysis from David Poole.
Protecting Data
How hard is it to anonymize data? According to some research, it might be close to impossible. The problem is that we are gathering so much data that cross referencing data sets becomes a problem. Steve Jones talks today about the implications of this for security.
Color Coding Your SQL Server Connections
Do you find yourself managing lots of SQL Server instances? If so you might find you are connected to many different instances and have numerous query windows open that are connected to different instances. When you have lots of query windows open, do you sometimes find it confusing to know the instance in which your query window is connected? Color-coding your connections can help you manage complicated setups.
PASS Data Architecture Virtual Chapter presents Characteristics of a Great Relational Database
On Thursday October 20th, MVP Louis Davidson will discuss the why normalized databases are the most important part of query tuning.
Calculating Stock Returns Using the ROW_NUMBER function and CTEs
In finance, when pricing data isn't available on last day of week, month or year, calculating returns is tricky. This article addresses the issue.
Give us all the features
The mix of hardware and feature limits in SQL Server varies by edition. Steve Jones thinks it should be simplified to only matter for hardware and scale, not features.
Maximizing SQL Server Throughput with RSS Tuning
Receive-Side Scaling (RSS) was introduced in Windows 2003 to improve Windows scalability to handle heavy network traffic, which is typically the case for SQL Server OLTP workload. This post helps you get the most out of the feature.
Blogs
Automatic Index Compaction
By ReviewMyDB
Index maintenance has always meant nightly jobs and a window you have to defend....
Monday Monitor Tips: Virtual Machine Usage and Cost
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve been requesting for a number of years is cost...
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
Forums
SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits I
When running DBCC CHECKDB on SQL Server 2025, can I specify only the Resource Database?
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