Query tuning: Apply yourself
It’s Friday and I’m ready for the weekend as I’m sure everyone else is. This weekend I’m looking forward to...
2018-04-16 (first published: 2018-04-06)
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Confessions of a Microsoft Addict
SSMS now has a vulnerability report
Security is an important and often overlooked function of technology. Don’t believe me? Go to a SQL conference and look...
2018-03-29
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The best overlooked addition to SQL 2016
Many of the widely advertised and talked about features of SQL Server or other software products focus exclusively on the...
2018-03-07
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Classifying your data in Azure SQL DB for GDPR
Azure SQL DB is a robust data platform that’s cloud native and can be managed from SQL Server Management Studio...
2018-03-06
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How to classify your data for GDPR
The right to be forgotten. It’s a concept that sounds great for people who are concerned about their personal information...
2018-03-05
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SQL Saturday Chicago: I’m speaking
If you’re in Chicago on March 17 and have some free time, why not check out all the cool kids?...
2018-02-19
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STORPORT: Reading an ETL trace
One of the things I enjoy most is diagnosing storage latency. I honestly couldn’t tell you why I enjoy it...
2018-03-05 (first published: 2018-02-19)
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PaaS and the ever changing role of the DBA
I’ve never been a fan of a GUI for DBA work. Give me a hand crafted script or a list...
2017-12-26 (first published: 2017-12-12)
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How to be a successful innovator
Let’s say you have some obscure list of career goals for the year and one of those is to be...
2017-11-09
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Always update your views
I last posted about changing a table without changing a view that represents the table and how this may affect...
2017-10-03
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #180: Good enough is perfect Roundup
This month, I prompted bloggers to discuss whether good enough is perfect. Thank you to all...
Using SQL Compare with Read-only Access
By Steve Jones
Recently a customer asked if SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare can be used...
Forums
Microsoft Recommendations for Update Stats?
I have an application team that is insisting on daily (and for some, weekly)...
how can i tell if our db2 driver is ms or ibm or other?
i see this in the definition of a linked server on our wh sql...
normal role member to be able to view list of other role members in his DB
Is this even possible ? Tried with grant but to no avail. [sys].[database_role_members] and...
Question of the Day
A Strange Result
What does this code return in SSMS 20 from SQL Server 2019?
select '|' + CHAR(0)+'abc' + '|';See possible answers