SQL in the City Streamed: June 2018
Next week, Redgate Software, will be putting on SQL in the City Streamed. These events are a great way to...
2018-06-07
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The Scary DBA
Extended Events, the system_health Session, and Waits
I advocate for, use, document, teach, and just downright love, Extended Events. They are so much better than the old...
2018-06-04
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Query To Retrieve Statistics Data: dm_db_stats_histogram
Starting with SQL Server 2016 Sp1 CU2, a new way of directly querying statistics, specifically the histogram, has been introduced:...
2018-06-11 (first published: 2018-05-29)
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Why PASS?
In case this is your first time hearing of it, PASS is the single largest community of Microsoft Data Platform...
2018-05-21
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A View Will Not Make Your Query Faster
Twice recently, one on a blog post, and one in a forum post, I’ve seen people state, unequivocally, without reservation...
2018-05-14
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YouTube Channel Update: 11 May 2018
I’ve been busy getting the videos up on YouTube. If they’re helpful to you, please subscribe. Some point soon I’ll...
2018-05-11
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When Simple Parameterization…Isn’t
I’m desperately working to finish up a new version of my book on Execution Plans. We’re close, so close. However,...
2018-05-16 (first published: 2018-05-07)
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Automating Automatic Indexing in Azure SQL Database
I’ve been in love with the concept of a database as a service ever since I first laid eyes on...
2018-05-07 (first published: 2018-04-30)
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YouTube Channel Update: 27 April 2018
Despite a hiccup recently on Twitter where I managed to spam all my followers with links to my YouTube videos...
2018-04-27
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Presentation Tools
Let’s face it, the core of a presentation is you. Your knowledge and your ability to share that knowledge through...
2018-04-23
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Blogs
RANK() vs DENSE_RANK(): #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I haven’t done one of these in awhile, but I saw an article recently...
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
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Creating JSON II
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG( N'City':N'Denver' RETURNING JSON) GOSee possible answers