Lowering the Noise
We are busy as administrators, and it can be very useful to ensure our systems avoid adding to our workload.
Network Issue or THREADPOOL waits?
Tara Kizer talks identifying THREADPOOL waits and what you can do about them.
Critical SQL Server Patches for Meltdown and Spectre
Everyone needs to learn about these hardware bugs and apply patches as soon as possible.
Sending table form HTML emails from a SQL Server database engine
The solution which helps to smiplify delivery of a table content in the HTML form using Database mail
SQL Server Machine Learning Services – Part 3: Plotting Data with Python
One of the advantages of running Python from SQL Server is the ability to create graphics to assist in analysis of data. Robert Sheldon demonstrates matplotlib, a 2D plotting library, widely used with Python to create quality charts.
Adaptive Query Processing – Batch Mode Adaptive Join
Let's explore how SQL Server 2017 automatically adapts between nested loop and hash join operators
Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
How to change the FDLaunch Error log file location
The file FDLAUNCHERRORLOG gets created in the default <instance>\MSSQL\Log folder. So far, I've found...
what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
can i use Rowversioncol ( in my database it's synonyme timestamp is used) to...
Radius Latitude Longitude
I have a table with latitude longitude in the format. 45.123456 , -111.123456 ,...
Question of the Day
A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
"All programs have a desire to be useful."Happy April Fools! See possible answers