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Speaking at SQLBits

I got an early Christmas present this year, I found out I had been selected to speak at SQLBits!  That’s what I call a gift that keeps on giving....

2019-01-04

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Where to Store Index DDL

Recently I was asked my opinion, via Twitter, on where to store the index DDL for a single database that had multiple clients with varied usage patterns.  You can...

2018-11-23

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How to find free space in Azure PosgreSQL

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Using SQL Compare with Read-only Access

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Question of the Day

A Strange Result

What does this code return in SSMS 20 from SQL Server 2019?

select '|' + CHAR(0)+'abc' + '|';

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