Weaponizing Query Store
I may have occasionally talked about the importance of Query Store, but today I want to emphasize just how much Microsoft is weaponizing query store. Of course, I don’t...
2022-10-31
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Blog Posts
Where did this database come from??
Happy Tuesday, blog reader. Have you ever come across a database you had not seen before or was in a different naming convention than you are used to seeing?...
2022-10-31 (first published: 2022-10-18)
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A Good Cause #SeattleSummitMoments
This is another memory of the PASS Summit, this one inspired by Argenis Fernandez, who wanted to raise money for Doctors Without Borders. I wrote a bit about the...
2022-10-28
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Composite Models in PowerBI -- The solution to poor search performance in SSAS
With the release of composite models in PowerBI, Ive been able to solve a long-standing issue with SQL Server Analysis Services: text search performance. In this article I am...
2022-10-28 (first published: 2022-10-17)
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Daily Coping 28 Oct 2022
Today’s coping tip is to realize you can’t do everything; what are your three top priorities now? It’s a few weeks before the Data Community Summit, volleyball starts, vacation...
2022-10-28
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I Hope Someone Brings Back Game Night
A few years ago at the Summit, Andy Warren and I set up a Game night. We convinced the organizers to give us a room for a few hours...
2022-10-28
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Memphis SQL Saturday 2022 & a Notebook
Back in person again! It is awesome to be able to get back into the SQL community and see fellow data professionals. A huge shout out to the Memphis...
2022-10-28 (first published: 2022-10-18)
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What’s next: New beginnings!
I’m both excited and frankly relieved to say that I’ve found a new position. Starting Wed Nov 2nd I’ll be ... Continue reading
2022-10-28
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Adding AD group perms to SQL Server
Why doesn’t SQL Server automatically check for the Group –> Object type when you are adding perms via SSMS? This hangs me up almost every time. I think “omg...
2022-10-27
14 reads
Daily Coping 27 Oct 2022
Today’s coping tip is to write down three specific things that have gone well recently. Easy, as a lot of things have gone well. I’m going with some travel...
2022-10-27
7 reads
Blogs
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Forums
SSMS 22 Latest Update Crashing
Hi all, I've just had to roll back my SSMS 22 version from 22.3.0,...
Transactional Replication setup issue
Hi! I've been banging my head against the wall for 2 days now trying...
The Power of Data and Privacy
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Power of Data and...
Question of the Day
What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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