If Clippy found his way to SSMS
Recently my wife and I were comparing Cortana with Siri. It’s sometimes fun to compare virtual assistants to see how...
2017-06-16 (first published: 2017-06-01)
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Daniel Janik
Access to SQL Server is finally coming
Imagine a world where one of the software giants releases their brand new operating system and a new application architecture...
2017-06-09
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Time saving trick for PowerShell and CMD
Real quick and simple post for today. Having grown up with a computer since the 80’s, I can tell you...
2017-06-08
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SQL Server Monitoring: Creating your own metrics
The one and only important factor in monitoring is data. How much of x and how little of y? If...
2017-06-05
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DBA 101: Tuning lookups
Sometimes it helps to go back to the basics and indexing is always a great topic. SQL Server has a...
2017-05-09 (first published: 2017-04-27)
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Not SQL: Taking a stand against scammers
If you’ve read my blog you’ll probably know that I don’t like our lack of forward thinking when it comes...
2017-05-03
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Query tuning 101: What’s a probe residual?
Query tuning is an important process that will probably never go away and sharpening your tuning skills is always a...
2017-04-26 (first published: 2017-04-17)
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DBA 101: Comparing two SQL plans
Simple post today: How to compare two plans in SSMS.
This task is a task that is often done by a...
2017-04-18 (first published: 2017-04-14)
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Way Off-topic: Why cutting the cord was right for me
FYI: This one is way off topic so don’t expect to find any fancy SQL tips here.
I did it. I...
2017-04-14
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T-SQL Tuesday: Finding issues with your query plan
This is my first time blogging with a T-SQL Tuesday topic. If you follow my blog you’ve probably noticed that...
2017-04-11
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Blogs
Spark Connect Dotnet November 2024 Where are we?
By Ed Elliott
All Spark Connect Posts Introduction There have been quite a few changes in the last...
A New Word: Ochisia
By Steve Jones
ochisia – n. the fear that the role you once occupied in someone’s life...
Create a Numbers Table in Power Query
This is a quick blog post, mainly so I have the code available if...
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Question of the Day
The Density Vector
When building statistics, there is the concept of density that refers to the duplicates in a table. How is this calculated?
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