Function Vs. Performance
Recently I was looking through DBA.StackExchange when I saw a pretty simple question that I decided to answer. I went off, set up a test database and some test...
2022-10-03
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The Scary DBA
Why You Need Presentation Skills
And no, the answer is not because you want to be a Microsoft MVP. Multiple surveys have been published over the decades that list “fear of public speaking” as...
2022-09-29
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Query Tuning At PASS Data Community Summit
The all new, in-person, PASS Data Community Summit is in just a few weeks. Since I’m shortly going to be publishing a 100% rewritten book on query tuning, I...
2022-10-12 (first published: 2022-09-28)
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Extended Events for Anything but Query Tuning: bulk_insert_usage
Wouldn’t it be great to be able to directly monitor specific behaviors within SQL Server, like, oh, I don’t know, knowing exactly when, and how, someone is using BULK...
2022-09-19
22 reads
Look Into Chocolatey
Just a suggestion, but I’d say you should look into Chocolatey. Let me explain why. Sabbatical For those who don’t know I was recently on a six-week sabbatical from...
2022-09-23 (first published: 2022-09-12)
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Database Fundamentals #33: Check Constraints from the GUI
The other types of constraints are referred to as check constraints. They limit the data by defining a logical operation that checks the state of the data prior to...
2022-09-05
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AWS RDS Restore To A Point In Time
The single most important part of backups are not backups. The single most important part of backups are restores. It doesn’t matter a lick if you have 100, flawless...
2022-08-29
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AWS RDS Backups
One of the things I love the most about Platform as a Service when it comes to data is the fact that you get RDS backups, built in. Go...
2022-08-22
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Distributed Replay: The Little Engine That Almost Could
Honestly, sincerely, no kidding, I love Distributed Replay. Yes, I get it. Proof positive I’m an idiot. As we needed proof. To be a little fair to me, I...
2022-09-21 (first published: 2022-08-15)
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Extended Events for Anything but Query Tuning: Object Changes
I hear this one all the time: How do I find out who implemented object changes? I also get: Can I see the query that caused object changes? Let’s...
2022-08-22 (first published: 2022-08-08)
291 reads
Blogs
My 2024 in Data: Music
By Steve Jones
This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back...
A New Word: Suente
By Steve Jones
suente– n. the state of being so familiar with someone that you can be...
Side Projects
Anyone (everyone?) who has ever tried to learn a programming language knows that to...
Forums
Timeout Error while executing a TSQL statement in Sql server Express Edition
I am getting the below error when I execute a SQL command in SQL...
Timeout Error while executing a TSQL statement in Sql server Express Edition
I am getting the below error when I execute a SQL command in SQL...
Sql script replace and rearrange numbers
Hi everyone. I have this table and this information. (left side of the image)...