Pre-Summit PASS Board Update
Busy, busy, busy.
A lot of the work around PASS currently is getting ready for Summit. I’m prepping my part in the...
2016-10-11
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The Scary DBA
Statistics Are Vital For Query Performance
This is post #10 supporting Tim Ford’s (b|t) initiative on #iwanttohelp, #entrylevel. Read about it here.
When you send a query to your...
2016-10-19 (first published: 2016-10-10)
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Where Do We Go To Share?
No one reads blogs any more.
Twitter is dying.
Facebook is broken.
LinkedIn? Please.
G+. Is that even on any more?
Where do we go...
2016-10-05
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Correlated Datetime Columns
SQL Server is a deep and complex product. There’s always more to learn. For example, I had never heard of...
2016-10-13 (first published: 2016-10-03)
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Azure Data Platform Resources
A few months ago I created a GitHub repository for the purpose of building and maintaining a list of resources...
2016-09-30
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Volunteering With PASS
I was just asked how many times I’ve been to the PASS Summit. This year will be my 12th consecutive...
2016-09-29
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Networking and the PASS Summit
PASS Summit 2016 is fast approaching. If you’re going, time to start making plans. If you’re not going, sell your...
2016-09-27
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Query Store and What Happened Earlier On Your Server
Here’s a great question I received: We had a problem at 9:02 AM this morning, but we’re not sure what...
2016-10-06 (first published: 2016-09-26)
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Query Store and Plan Forcing: What Do You Use It For
If you’re working with Azure SQL Database or you’ve moved into SQL Server 2016, one of the biggest new tools...
2016-09-28 (first published: 2016-09-19)
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The Clustered Index Is Vital To Your Database Design
This is post #9 supporting Tim Ford’s (b|t) initiative on #iwanttohelp, #entrylevel. Read about it here.
You get one clustered index per table.
That...
2016-09-19 (first published: 2016-09-12)
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Blogs
Have a Plan for Your Personal Downtime
By Brian Kelley
Most of us know that spending a lot of time on social media and...
Monday Monitor Tips: Lots of Postgres Options
By Steve Jones
Redgate Monitor is growing to include more than just Microsoft SQL Server monitoring. We...
Advice I Like: Experience and Aptitude
By Steve Jones
Experience is overrated. Most breakthrough accomplishments were done by people doing them for the...
Forums
why no suggested indexes in estimated exec plan?
hi im looking at a query for a friend that has to be lacking...
Issues with SQL Server 2022 Server
Hello, At my work place I recently migrated our test environment to SQL Server...
Question of the Day
Data API Builder APIs
What formats of API endpoints can the Data API Builder present to clients when exposing the database?
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