Auto-Tuning and the #1 Mindset Problem I Had as a DBA
A few folks have asked: will auto-tuning and adaptive query plans mean the end of performance tuning jobs for SQL Server? In this week’s episode, I talk about why...
2017-12-04
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Slowing Down Your Motor Mouth – Presentation Tips for Fast Talkers
Are you worried that you talk too fast when you give a speech, talk, or presentation? Is fear being a fast-talker one of the concerns that keeps you from...
2017-11-20
#TSQL2SDAY 96 – Kalen Delaney’s Inspiration for Adventure
This post is part of TSQL Tuesday, a monthly blog party. You’re welcome to join in this party: if you’d like email notifications of future topics, here’s how to...
2017-11-14
Things I Learned from Speaker Idol 2017 at the SQL PASS Summit
I was lucky enough to serve as a judge for the Speaker Idol competition at the SQL PASS Summit conference this year. One of the great thing about watching...
2017-11-09
I Thought I Was An Introvert. Turns Out I Was Anxious as #@*] (Dear SQL DBA Episode 53)
In this week’s episode, I’m not answering a reader’s question. Instead, I’m talking about my personal experience with anxiety. This episode touches on on healthcare, religion, and squishy emotions...
2017-11-08
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SQL PASS Summit 2017 Day 2 – Keynote Notes and Ideas
This morning, Dr Rimma Nehme tells us the story of the birth of Azure Cosmos DB, a global, scale-out database system. At the beginning of the talk, I can already...
2017-11-02
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SQL PASS Summit 2017: Day 1 Keynote Thoughts and Memories
Whee! It’s the first day of the main SQL PASS Summit conference and I made it to the keynote early for the first time ever. The hype says we’re going...
2017-11-01
The Death of SQL Server Service Packs
SQL Server Service Packs are going away, starting with SQL Server 2017. I talk about why I think this is a good thing, and discuss Cumulative Updates, Service Packs,...
2017-10-06
Love and Hate for SSMS
People have strong feelings about SQL Server Management Studio: they love it AND they hate it. In this week’s episode, I talk about why people have such conflicting feelings...
2017-09-29
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How Do I Analyze a SQL Server Execution Plan?
A query is slow, and you figure out how to collect the query execution plan. Now what? In this video, I talk “big picture” about what execution plans are,...
2017-09-22
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Blogs
Master the Foundational Basics
By Brian Kelley
It tells us to take the time to master the foundational basics of whatever...
Simple Talks Episode 9–Data masking and subsetting
By Steve Jones
The episode on data masking and subetting is out. You can see it here:...
T-SQL Tuesday #180: Avoid Perfect for Good Enough
By Brian Kelley
I'm listening to Effortless by Greg McKeon (link to author's page) through Audible.com. He...
Forums
ssrs order of operation question
hi i need "sample size" in my report's 4th data region which is a...
Query Network Protocols from T-SQL or PowerShell
Hello experts, I want to be more organized about the SSL certificates we have...
Occasional Sql Server 2019 slowness (upgraded from 2014) -- please help...
Hi everyone, We recently upgraded our server to Sql Server 2019 (15.0.2125.1 (X64) on...
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The Hash Join I
What are the two inputs called to a hash join operation in SQL Server? (choose 2)
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