Extended Events: Queries and Waits
Wouldn’t it be great to be able to put together queries and waits at the same time? You all capture query metrics using some method. Most of us query...
2020-03-30
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Grant Fritchey
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Containers and DevOps
Over the last couple of years, one of these single most exciting technologies to come out around the Data Platform has been containers. You may not see them change...
2020-03-27 (first published: 2020-03-20)
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Figuring Out How To Hide Production Data
There’s a really simple conundrum that we go through all the time. The best data for development is production You can’t have production data for development You have to...
2020-03-27
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Being an Efficient DBA
Or database developer, report writer, whatever. SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, and all the tools provide a bunch of ways to get things done. However, some ways are...
2020-03-24
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Extended Events: Live Data Explorer, Getting Started
One reason a lot of people don’t like Extended Events is because the output is in XML. Let’s face it, XML is a pain in the bottom. However, there...
2020-03-24 (first published: 2020-03-16)
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Extended Events: Live Data Explorer, Grouping
Of all the things that Extended Events does, I’ve found the ability to quickly and easily gather a little bit of data and then use the Data Explorer window...
2020-03-23
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Missing #SQLFamily? Check This Out.
I am an introvert. Lots of people don’t believe it, but it’s true. However, I really do love getting to see my #SQLFamily all over the world in my...
2020-03-19
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Extended Events: system_health and a Long Running Query
Wouldn’t it be great to just quickly and easily take a look at your system to see if you had any queries that ran for a long time, but,...
2020-03-16 (first published: 2020-03-09)
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A Rose By Any Other Name
There is only one kind of execution plan within SQL Server. I’ve said this several times on this blog. Now, I’d like you to go and read this excellent...
2020-03-11 (first published: 2020-03-03)
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Query Store, Plan Forcing, and DROP/CREATE
I absolutely love Query Store and the ability it provides to force a plan is amazing. However, there are a lot of little gotchas in this functionality. I just...
2020-03-09 (first published: 2020-03-02)
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Blogs
How to Run Databases on Kubernetes: An 8-Step Guide
In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to run MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and other stateful...
Episode 11 of Simple Talks: Oracle
By Steve Jones
The 11th episode is now live, recorded a few weeks ago at the PASS...
A New Word: Mornden
By Steve Jones
mornden – n. the self-container pajama universe shared by two people on a long...
Forums
What is the best index strategy for a table that gets truncated?
Hi everyone My SSIS package does a bulk insert of csv files into a...
Blob Storage automated downloads
Dipping my toes into the waters of Azure and of course before I get...
Announcing SQL Server 2025
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Question of the Day
Running Steve's Code
Can you run this code in any of your SQL Server 2019 databases without error?
CREATE OR ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[StevesAmazingProc]
AS
SELECT Consumer_ID ,
Trend_Category ,
Bit_Trace
FROM NewWorldDB.dbo.MarketTrend;
GO See possible answers