Execution Plan Cost Estimates
It’s been emphasized over and over that the costs of operations within an execution plan, and the estimated costs of...
2013-09-11
1,731 reads
The Scary DBA
New Windows Azure Virtual Labs
Getting started with new technologies can be a pain. That makes all the new labs that Microsoft just posted extremely...
2013-09-10
590 reads
Developers Rate Azure One of Their Favorite Tools
Yeah, Azure.
How we program, what we program and where we program is changing. All the time. This excellent article lays...
2013-09-09
1,269 reads
Speaker of the Month: September 2013
This is my second post in what I hope will be an ongoing series. You can see the rules for...
2013-09-06
863 reads
sp_executesql, Parameters and Parameter Sniffing
I’m honestly not crazy about dynamic T-SQL within stored procedures. There are just a few too many opportunities to mess...
2013-09-05
1,529 reads
Azure Capabilities Expand
But then, the capabilities in Azure are always expanding. Here’s the new stuff that was just released in a blog...
2013-09-04
625 reads
My Next Phone May Be a Nokia
I really like my Windows Phone. Yes, there are not as many apps as on a Droid or iPhone. But...
2013-09-03
544 reads
One for My SQL Sisters
Women, for the entire male half of the population, I apologize.
Those who know me well recognize, pretty easily, that I...
2013-08-30
1,786 reads
Windows Azure SQL Database and Throttling
When I present on Windows Azure SQL Database, one of the biggest concerns comes up around throttling. Just the concept...
2013-08-29
1,532 reads
Learn Query Tuning in Dallas
I am excited to be able to tell you about an all day seminar that I’ll be putting on prior...
2013-08-28
639 reads
Blogs
AI: Blog a Day – Day 7: Vector and Vector Databases
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 6 we learned Embeddings, Semantic Search and Checks, on Day 7...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 6: Embeddings – How AI Understands
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 5 where we covered notebooks, HuggingFace and fine tuning AI now...
The Book of Redgate: Mistakes
By Steve Jones
This is kind of a funny page to look at. The next page has...
Forums
Why End-User Testing Is Even More Important with AI
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Dynamic Unpivot
I have a table I didn't design that has tons of repeating groups in...
Writing as an Art and a Job
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Question of the Day
String Similarity II
What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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