The Change Failure Rate
The number of times that you have a failure when deploying changes is a good metric to watch.
Why Tools Can Help You Do Your Job
This editorial was originally published on May 18, 2019. It is being re-run as Steve is on holiday. Back in my days as a SQL server DBA, I didn't have many third-party tools at my disposal. I remember having a monitoring tool with licenses for only three or four SQL server instances. Whenever there was […]
The Rise of Data Centers
There is still a huge demand for data centers, both from cloud vendors and private enterprises.
Why you should avoid Implicit Measures in your Power BI model
Learn about the differences and challenges with implicit and explicit measures in Power BI.
Data Documents and Common Sense
What can be so difficult in creating a sensible standard for Structured Data Documents? To understand why they tend to get improved into unusable complexity, I’ll need to explain a bit of background.
Leveraging the “STUFF” Function for Enhanced Data Representation and String Manipulation
Learn the basics of the T-SQL STUFF command.
Improved RCSI Ghost Cleanup in SQL Server 2022
An example of poor update performance under RCSI as compared with locking read committed. Details of an improvement in SQL Server 2022 that can help avoid the worst effects.
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #182: Personal Integrity
By Steve Jones
It’s time for the first T-SQL Tuesday blog of 2025, with an invite from...
SQL Saturday Oregon & SW Washington 2024
By DataOnWheels
Wow I am so late in posting these notes! But this conference was amazing,...
Challenges Enterprises Face When Adopting AI
The post Challenges Enterprises Face When Adopting AI appeared first on Joyful Craftsmen.
Forums
Transfer data from azure vm to blob storage
Hi Experts I want to move data/ some million rows from a Azure vm...
How do I fix the, "Unable to process the existing user settings" error message?
I'm sure I've asked this question in either this forum, or another one, in...
Cannot restore new DB
I have made an empty DB called "HJEM_BB" I try to fill it from...
Question of the Day
The AG Secondary Logs
What happens when an AG secondary receives a log record from the primary?
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