Trust People
Steve Jones thinks that we are not doing a great job of harnessing the brain power of our entire teams.
Knee-Jerk Wait Statistics : CXPACKET
With another entry in his knee-jerk series on wait statistics, Paul Randal (@PaulRandal) explains CXPACKET and why it may or may not be a problem.
Data Loss or Downtime
This Friday Steve Jones has a DR poll. He asks what might be more important to you in a disaster and why.
FORMAT() is nice and all, but…
Aaron Bertrand compares multiple date formatting techniques, demonstrating again that SQL Server's FORMAT() is not worth the convenience.
Data Mining Part 30: System Views
Sometimes we need to retrieve system information from our data mining models. In this chapter, we will show how to do it using system views.
Data Mining Part 30: System Views
Sometimes we need to retrieve system information from our data mining models. In this chapter, we will show how to do it using system views.
How to Unlock Your Team's Creative Power with SQL Prompt and a VCS
Extend SQL Prompt's functionality by connecting your snippets to version control
Is the Golden Age of Information Technology Almost Over?
Andy Warren wonders if our industry is moving to a new era today.
In-Memory OLTP – Common Workload Patterns and Migration Considerations
In-Memory OLTP is a high performance, memory-optimized engine integrated into SQL Server 2014 and designed for modern hardware trends. In-Memory OLTP allows users to move data into memory resident tables while keeping other data in traditional, disk-based table structures.
Blogs
Understanding Fabric Ontology
By James Serra
What problem is Fabric Ontology trying to solve? For years, most data conversations have...
QUOTENAME Basics: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
Recently I ran across some code that used a lot of QUOTENAME() calls. A...
When growing companies outgrow Excel
By ChrisJenkins
There are some telltale signs that your growing business has outgrown Excel for your...
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Question of the Day
QUOTENAME Quote Parameters
When I use QUOTENAME(), I can optionally provide the character used to surround the string in the result. Can I use any character?
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