SQLibrium SQL Server on VMware training now free
I’m proud to be a part of the SQL Server communities globally. I do everything I can do to give back when I can. Too many times, I feel...
2022-12-02 (first published: 2022-11-15)
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Blog Posts
Daily Coping 1 Dec 2022
Today’s coping tip is to discover your artistic side. Design a friendly greeting card. A fun one for me today. I saw this just after returning from the PASS...
2022-12-01
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Daily Coping 29 Nov 2022
Today’s coping tip is to make a meal using a recipe or ingredient you’ve not tried before. It’s the holidays, and my daughter is home. She’s GF, so I’m...
2022-11-30
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Daily Coping 30 Nov 2022
Today’s coping tip is to learn a new skill from a friend or share one of yours with them. I like learning, so in this case, I took advantage...
2022-11-30
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In SQL Server 2022, set your transaction log file autogrowth rate to 64 MB
A late-breaking change that arrived in SQL Server 2022 is an important one that could be a new line item in your health checks.
The basics:
Starting with SQL Server 2022,...
2022-11-30 (first published: 2022-11-17)
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My adventures with speaking and what changed
I am writing this blog post as contribution to #NewStarNovember and what got me re-started as a tech speaker in 2020. I haven’t done a lot of tech speaking...
2022-11-30 (first published: 2022-11-29)
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PASS Summit 2022 - Day 2 In Pictures
Day 2 of Summit 2022 started earlier than usual with the "Breakfast with the Microsoft team: SQL Futures and Strategy" - the food was good and the conversations with...
2022-11-30 (first published: 2022-11-18)
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Query Store Hints in SQL Server 2022
Another neat little feature in SQL Server 2022 is Query Store Hints. This is the ability to apply a query hint through Query Store rather than having to modify...
2022-11-30
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User Group Meeting – Migrate your SSIS skills to ADF & More
This Monday (the 5th of December 2022), my employer AE hosts a user group meeting for dataminds. There will be two sessions: It’ll be a very interesting evening, and...
2022-11-30
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Automatically Take Missed Backups with Ola Hallengren’s Scripts
I blogged a few years ago about my configuration tables for Ola Hallengren’s maintenance solution that allows me to pull the configuration parameters from tables
The post Automatically Take Missed...
2022-11-29
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Blogs
DATEADD Truncates the Number Parameter: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
This was an interesting thing I saw in a Question of the Day submission....
Our SQL Server is Slow! What Do I Do First?
By Kevin3NF
Don’t Panic! It’s a vague but common complaint, frequently with no additional details. Before...
Using SQLFluff
I thought I didn’t care about linting, and lately, I haven’t written a lot...
Forums
Dynamic T-SQL Script Parameterization Using Python
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Dynamic T-SQL Script Parameterization Using...
Update records based on several common columns
I have 4 tables (apologies for the formatting of the tables, I don't know...
Eliminate a function by writing out the code is now throwing an error
/* I'm trying to eliminate (write out) this function 'largest_date', but SQL Server 2016...
Question of the Day
A Strange Choice
What is returned when I run this code in SQL Server 2022?
CREATE TABLE CatIndex ( indexval VARCHAR(20) ) GO INSERT dbo.CatIndex (indexval) VALUES ('1'), ('2'), ('3') GO SELECT CHOOSE(indexval, cast('2025-01-01' AS DATE), CAST('2025-02-01' AS DATE), CAST('2025-03-01' AS DATE)) FROM dbo.CatIndex AS ciSee possible answers