Precons in Richmond, Philadelphia and New York
I love when I get the opportunity to present at SQLSaturday events. Even more than that, I love when I...
2018-03-09 (first published: 2018-02-28)
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The Scary DBA
Adaptive Joins
I was surprised to find out that a lot people hadn’t heard about the new join type, Adaptive join. So,...
2018-02-27
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GDPR: Your Hair Is Not On Fire
Along with a lot of other people, I’ve been attempting to call people’s attentions to the new General Data Protection...
2018-02-26
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Wait Statistics on a Query
Wait statistics are a vital part of understanding what is causing your system to run slowly. Capturing them can be...
2018-02-14 (first published: 2018-02-05)
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Youtube Channel Update
Hello,
I just wanted to take a moment to promote the work I’ve been doing with the YouTube Channel.
I’ve published four...
2018-01-29
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You Need a New Hobby
Not sure who this is that is attempting to hack into my blog so desperately, but seriously, time for a...
2018-01-23
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Database Fundamentals #16: Removing Data With T-SQL
Deleting data from a table using T-SQL works quite a lot like the UPDATE statement.
How it Works
In the same way...
2018-01-31 (first published: 2018-01-22)
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Updated YouTube Channel
Hello all,
I’ve recently updated my YouTube channel. I’m going to be posting a lot more videos up there. If you...
2018-01-16
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Getting Started in a SQL Server 2017 VM in Azure
You say you’re ready to dip your toes in the Azure ocean? Come on in, the water’s fine!
Oh, you want...
2018-01-26 (first published: 2018-01-15)
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Statistics Use, Extended Events and Execution Plans
Query tuning ain’t easy.
Figuring out which index is getting used is one step, and generally simple, look at the execution...
2018-01-17 (first published: 2018-01-08)
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
This T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by the one and only James Serra – literally...
T-SQL Tuesday #196: Taking Risks
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, James Serra. I’ve been trying to find...
Forums
would it be so terrible to install ssms on a few user desktops?
Hi, ssms is free here. I can think of other reasons to do this...
I'm thinking about submitting some articles
I've written some documentation on using different Markdown types of files on GitHub. It's...
Not Just an Upgrade
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Question of the Day
Restoring On Top I
I am doing development work on a database and want to keep a backup so I can reset my database. I make some changes and want to restore over top of my changes. When I run this code, what happens?
USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO USE DNRTest GO CREATE TABLE MyTest(myid INT) GO USE master RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACESee possible answers