Training To-Do List for New DBA
Are you an entry-level DBA, or looking to make the career switch? Feel like you are looking up from the...
2016-07-18 (first published: 2016-07-12)
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Will Assaf
SQLSaturday Baton Rouge 2016!
Free SQL Server, SharePoint and .NET training
SQLSaturday is a global event to bring Information Technology speakers and professionals together for...
2016-07-16
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SQL Server Admin Best Practices with DMV's at SQLSaturday Pensacola 2016
Great attendance and awesome questions from my 1130AM session on "SQL Server Admin Best Practices with DMV's". As promised, all...
2016-06-05
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SQLSaturday Pensacola Up Next For Me, Baton Rouge on the Horizon
Looking forward to the triumphant return of SQLSaturday Pensacola on June 4, thrilled that this start-of-summer tradition is back! This has been...
2016-05-20
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Hello SQLSaturday Houston!
I've been looking forward to speaking at SQLSaturday Houston again all year!
Big thanks to the organizing crew behind this great...
2016-05-13
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SQL Server 2016 at the BRSSUG Meeting on May 11
Looking forward to the BRSSUG/BRPBIUG meeting this Wednesday night May 11, I'll be giving a presentation all about SQL 2016!
This...
2016-05-09
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Columnstore Indexes: Finally Awesome in SQL 2016
Columnstore indexes are amazing for optimizing the performance of large rowcount queries that would otherwise look like a SCAN operation in...
2016-04-21
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SSRS 2016 then SQL Jeopardy! tonight at BRSSUG!
See you tonight for our special SQL Jeopardy! competition where I will be your Trebek and three lucky user group...
2016-04-13
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SQL Server PerfMon Counters Not Listed in dm_os_performance_counters
Had an issue with a new Azure VM install of SQL Server, but have had this issue in other, older...
2016-04-05
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Azure ML and R at This Week's BRSSUG/BRPBIUG
This Wednesday night, not only are we going to be showcasing the technology of the internet with an online presenter...
2016-03-07
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Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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