Presenting On Basics Is Difficult
Over the last year, at work and after work, I’ve been teaching myself a lot of brand new technologies. As such, I’m reliant on others to have put together...
2023-01-30
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Grant Fritchey
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Learning Leads To Learning
I am an amateur radio operator. In the US this is commonly referred to as a ham, or a ham radio operator. My call sign is KC1KCE, as issued by the US government through the FCC. And yeah, I can hear you now, a ham is the geek equivalent of a cross-fitter. How do you […]
2023-01-20 (first published: 2023-01-14)
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A New Year, New Efforts
Happy New Year! You're going to be seeing a lot of summaries for 2022 and predictions for 2023 around this time of year. I'm not writing one of those. You'll also see people calling for new years resolutions and the like. I'm not going for that either. Nope, let's keep it simple. It is a […]
2022-12-31
60 reads
Poking the Bear
If you're an experienced, knowledgeable, seasoned (I won't say old), SQL Server data professional, and you choose to use Trace Events (Profiler), more power to you. That's it. That's all I have to say. Do what you think best. I'm never, ever (again), going to second guess you. Further, my apologies for ever having done […]
2022-12-10
195 reads
PGSQL PHRIDAY #3: What is the PostgreSQL Community To You?
Very excited to take part in my third #PGSQLPhriday blogging event, even more so because it’s a topic that’s quite near and dear to my heart, community. To say...
2022-12-02
23 reads
Sale on SQL Server 2022 Query Performance Tuning
Just a quick post to let you know that there’s a great sale right now at Springer on my brand new, completely rewritten, query performance tuning book. Get your...
2022-11-21
51 reads
SQL Server 2022 Query Performance Tuning
If you’re interested in getting a digital copy, my brand spanking new book is now available here. It’s in the intro, but let me tell you a little bit...
2022-11-11
245 reads
Validating Backups: PGSQL Phriday #002
It’s time again for the another PGSQL Phriday, this time, the question has been asked: How do you do PostgreSQL backups? Honesty up front. I’m very much just beginning...
2022-11-04
13 reads
Getting Help Online
I spend a lot of time in the forums on various web sites, trying to assist people with getting help online. It’s shocking how hard they make it. Let’s...
2022-11-02 (first published: 2022-10-24)
147 reads
Weaponizing Query Store
I may have occasionally talked about the importance of Query Store, but today I want to emphasize just how much Microsoft is weaponizing query store. Of course, I don’t...
2022-10-31
9 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
This T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by the one and only James Serra – literally...
T-SQL Tuesday #196: Taking Risks
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, James Serra. I’ve been trying to find...
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
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