PASS Community And Mentorship
Mentorship is the influence, guidance, or direction given by a mentor as defined by Webster’s dictionary. I believe it involved a little more than that. It also involves investing...
2019-04-01
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Tracy Boggiano
Telegraf Setup FAQ for Troubleshooting
I often get emails asking the same time of questions about the setup of Telegraf for SQL Server and Windows...
2019-03-13
462 reads
Query Store Central Repository – Part 1
I’ve worked for SaaS companies for the last 6 years or so. So our queries are largely the same across...
2019-02-20
186 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #111 – What is My “Why?”
This month for T-SQL Tuesday we are asked to describe our “Why”. I have a couple of Whys not related...
2019-02-12
674 reads
Year in Review 2018 – The Year of Making a Difference – Up to 50
Rough Year, But 50 Kids, Can’t Beat That!
Last year was a pretty rough year personally. I totaled two cars, not...
2019-01-04
137 reads
Things That Drive a DBA Crazy When Starting a New Job
In the past 5 months I have started two different jobs, so that leaves it up in the air as...
2018-12-07 (first published: 2018-11-26)
3,079 reads
Exceeding My Own Expectations in Life!
Wow! The last five years of my career have been amazing. I went from attending a SQLSaturday a couple of...
2018-10-24
240 reads
Database Superhero Adventures, July 2018
Sorry readers, I was having some many adventures there was no June edition. In May, I had SQLSaturday Dallas where...
2018-07-02
445 reads
Database Superhero Adventures, July 2018
Sorry readers, I was having some many adventures there was no June edition. In May, I had SQLSaturday Dallas where...
2018-07-02
59 reads
Query Store Usage and Adaptive Plan Tuning Usage
Recently, there are have been a few articles about the lack of adoption of Query Store. Note the following:
Brent Ozar...
2018-06-28 (first published: 2018-06-17)
2,326 reads
Blogs
My 2024 in Data: Music
By Steve Jones
This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back...
A New Word: Suente
By Steve Jones
suente– n. the state of being so familiar with someone that you can be...
Side Projects
Anyone (everyone?) who has ever tried to learn a programming language knows that to...
Forums
Timeout Error while executing a TSQL statement in Sql server Express Edition
I am getting the below error when I execute a SQL command in SQL...
Timeout Error while executing a TSQL statement in Sql server Express Edition
I am getting the below error when I execute a SQL command in SQL...
Sql script replace and rearrange numbers
Hi everyone. I have this table and this information. (left side of the image)...