Blog Post: Reason 1234 for attending #SQLPass: The stretch
I’ve done a lousy job of encapsulating my thoughts about the Professional Association for SQL Server’s Summits for the last few years, but here’s a quick thought about one of the reasons I love this...
View ArticleBlog Post: PASS Summit Key Note Day 2 – Recap
As I sit here in an offshoot of the convention center, I started reflecting back to this morning’s keynote for various reasons. It got me thinking about 3 key words for myself when it comes to this...
View ArticleBlog Post: Announcing Waitopedia
We are happy to announce a new waits knowledge base, Waitopedia . Waitopedia is a comprehensive resource of information about SQL Server waits. It combines data analysis with descriptions and insights...
View ArticleBlog Post: 7 Days of PASS – Day 5
Today is the first day proper of the Summit and I am scheduled to be on the Blogger table again which means an early start for me. I need some breakfast but am running out of time so for the first time...
View ArticleBlog Post: Tricks and Treats with XE
Halloween is a great time of year. It is unfortunate that it is just one day of the year. That said, I do like to think of the month of October as Halloween Month. I have several posts over the years...
View ArticleBlog Post: Power BI And SQL Server 2016 BI Announcements At PASS Summit 2015
This year’s PASS Summit is drawing to a close as I write this, and I have to say that the number of Microsoft BI-related announcements made over the last few days has been overwhelming. There have been...
View ArticleBlog Post: Administrative Logins and Users
If you’ve ever worked through an audit you have probably gotten a request that looks a lot like this: Please give me a list of all sysadmins. This is because members of the sysadmin role are super...
View ArticleBlog Post: Give More Feedback
I write on my blog and get a couple comments at best. I talk at conferences and a large part of the audience fills out evals at the time. Then I often wonder if I’m making a difference while rarely,...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL PASS Summit 2015
Another amazing PASS Summit week is complete and I am sitting in SEA-TAC airport, waiting for my flight back to the east coast. I am going to hop on the red-eye in about an hour so that I will make it...
View ArticleBlog Post: Get valuable Virtual Log File (VLF) information for all your...
I had this problem where I needed to gather Transaction Log information on multiple databases and check for valuable statistics on them. Running the command [DBCC Loginfo] brings back a number of rows...
View ArticleBlog Post: Learning pathway for SQL Server 2016 and R Part 1: Installation...
Jargogled is an archaic word for getting confused or mixed up. I’m aware that there are lots of SQL Server folks out there, who are desperate to learn R, but might be jaRgogled by R. Now that R is in...
View ArticleWiki Page: Wait Types
See Also: [[wiki:Main Page|Main_Page]] - [[wiki:Monitoring & Tuning|Monitoring & Tuning]] - [[wiki:Wait Events|Wait Events]] This article is the Collaboration of the Month for February 2010....
View ArticleBlog Post: Enabling Data Compression – November 2015 Update
It never fails. You work on something, be it a painting, a story, or even a SQL script , and tweak it until you’ve got it just right and, finally, after all your hard work, you publish it. Then you...
View ArticleBlog Post: 7 Days of PASS – Day 6
It’s my 2nd and final day on the Blogger Table and also the 2nd day of the Summit proper. This time I am seated at the opposite end of the table to the day before and soon after sitting down I am...
View ArticleBlog Post: ScriptDom Visualizer
Writing code to generate TSql using the ScriptDom is hard. There is a seemingly bewildering array of objects you can use and where you use different types is unclear, I think this is due to the...
View ArticleBlog Post: Analysing Audience Reaction To The PASS Summit 2015 Keynote
If my post from a few weeks back asking for help with my session at PASS piqued your interest, I’m pleased to say that you can now watch the recording of my session “Analysing Audience Reaction To The...
View ArticleBlog Post: Always Encrypted a new feature on SQL Server 2016
For all DBAs working in banks or other organizations that need to comply with PCI DSS, segregation of duties is something we always get asked about. To be honest I always found it a very hard...
View ArticleBlog Post: Deploy SSDT INSERTS in Batches
I have added my first actual deployment contributor to my deployment contributor project: https://github.com/DacFxDeploymentContributors/Contributors The idea is basically for people to share ideas...
View ArticleBlog Post: Questions from “SQL Server Security for Everyone”
I recently gave my SQL Server Security for Everyone session at Summit 2015. (I’m still in awe about that by the way.) First of all here are the PowerPoint slides:...
View ArticleBlog Post: 7 Days of PASS – Day 7
I wake at 3 a.m. to find my plan of preparing my sessions into the late evening in tatters having completely crashed and burned after the huge meal the night before. My main session is scheduled to be...
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