Folks Who Have Made a Difference
TSQL Tuesday time hosted by Ewald (https://sqlonice.com/tsql-tuesday-96-folks-who-have-made-a-difference/) and quite simply one man has morphed me into who I am today...
2017-11-14
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All About SQL
SQL Server 2017 – Interleaved Execution
I worked on testing interleaved execution with Microsoft back in January, I didn’t do much, just tested the functionality against...
2017-11-20 (first published: 2017-11-09)
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Azure SQL Database Compatibility Levels
Let’s start off with a quick overview of SQL Server versions and compatibility levels.
100 = SQL Server 2008 and Azure SQL...
2017-11-06
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Microsoft MVP!?
What? Is probably the most common reply out there and if it is then that is how I felt when...
2017-11-02
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Azure SQL Database Automatic Tuning – Questions Answered
I used to be on the fence regarding whether or not Automatic Tuning should be on as the default when...
2017-11-01
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SQL Server Phantom Reads
With Halloween around the corner what better topic to discuss than phantom reads. A phantom read occurs when rows have...
2017-11-08 (first published: 2017-10-26)
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Query Store – SQL Server 2017 vs Azure SQL Database
I love the query store, it is powerful (can be dangerous) , easy to use and packed full of information. I...
2017-11-02 (first published: 2017-10-24)
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Connecting to Azure SQL Database Primary Endpoint – Failover Groups
When you have setup a Failover Group in Azure for your SQL Databases connecting to the R/W (Read / Write) endpoint...
2017-10-19
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SQL Server: What will REPAIR do?
So I had a corruption issue and I was thinking about running repair but I wanted to know what would...
2017-10-24 (first published: 2017-10-16)
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When Things Go Wrong in Azure
Things go wrong in IT, it is no different with the cloud. When I say cloud I am thinking quite...
2017-10-12
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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
Automating Export of PowerQuery to SQL Server using DAX Studio...?
I wrote a PowerQuery that parses a table from a PDF, and I want...
Attaching an SQL Server database without Transaction Log Files through SQL Server Management Studio.
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Attaching an SQL Server database...
Superseded Indexes
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Question of the Day
Superseded Indexes
Which of these indexes is superseded by another?
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