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Ugly Pragmatism For The Win
Yesterday I had my mind changed about the best way to do concurrency. I describe several methods in Mythbusting: Concurrent Update/Insert Solutions. My preferred method is to increase the isolation...
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Rendering Text On A Map With Power Query And Power Map
They say a good magician never reveals his tricks. Luckily, I’m a rubbish magician and so (at the request of Jason Thomas and David Eldersveld) I can reveal the secret behind one of the magic tricks I...
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Database Mirror Monitoring with Scripts
The database mirror monitor is a nice tool, but registering all your databases and clicking through each one can be time consuming when you have dozens. I want quick, easy to read results when an error...
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SQL Saturday 496 Exeter – PreCon Agenda
Hi Unfortunately due to matters outside of my control, SQL Saturday 502 in Edinburgh has been cancelled, I would like to thank the team though for selecting my pre-con. Let me know if you would have...
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How to Fix: 0x800F0906 and 0x800F081F Error Messages while installing .NET...
Windows 8/8.1 is one of the newer Microsoft Operating systems and it comes built-in with the .NET 4.5 framework. However, there are many 3rd party software programs which still require .NET Framework...
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Shrinking Database Log Files
Files in SQL Server need to grow as the database grows, and in very specific circumstances need to be shrunk as well with additional maintenance. This is quite a bit different between log files and...
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varchar(1) VS char(1)
The other day I made a somewhat flip coment on twitter. (I know, everyone is shocked right?) varchar(1) Really? It’s going to be one of those kinds of days.It started a rather amusing conversation over...
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SQL Performance Tuning and Optimization Precon at Boston SQL Saturday
Are you looking for some SQL Server Performance Tuning and Optimization training? Are you planning on attending the Boston SQL Saturday on March 19th, 2016?Have I got a deal for you. I’ll be...
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Working With CSV Files That Contain Rogue Line Breaks In Power Query And...
CSV files often contain text fields, and text fields often contain line breaks that shouldn’t be there (especially if the text is entered by end users). For example, here is are the contents of a...
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Power BI KPI Report: Hospital Charge Data
The Power BI KPI report is probably on top 10 of the most in-demand use-case for Power BI. In my previous post, I published the report I created with Power BI Desktop based on the Medicare payment...
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Getting Started with SQL Server 2016
If you've been thinking there's a ton of new stuff in SQL Server 2016, then you'd be right. It is huge. Here's a brief recap of each of the most valuable features & enhancements that I wrote up...
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T-SQL Tuesday #75: Jump into Power BI
So this month I’ve decided to bring every participant in this blog series kicking and screaming into the BI world. Power BI, if you haven’t heard or seen it yet, is Microsoft’s analytics and...
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Future Proofing for Concurrency; Blocked Process Reports Are Not Enough
SQL Server ConcurrencyPart One: Future Proofing for ConcurrencyPart TwoPart ThreeTakeaway: When assessing concurrency, performance testing is the primary way to ensure that a system can handle enough...
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Take caution when altering a column using TSQL
When developing in SQL Server you are eventually going to have to modify a column or two (at least). And if you use T-SQL to make the modifications (and I would recommend it most of the time) there is...
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Documenting SQL Server Access – Who Can Do What? - Syndication – WaterOx...
When is the last time you audited who has SQL Server access?...The post Documenting SQL Server Access – Who Can Do What? appeared first on WaterOx Consulting.
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Azure SQL Database security
Life we be so much easier if we could just trust everyone, but since we can’t we need solid security for our databases. Azure SQL Database has many security features to make you sleep well at...
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Jen’s PASS Diary: So what happened to SQLSaturday Edinburgh?
As always, I don’t officially represent PASS on this post (or any other).I have been working on a lot of things, including attending a PASS Board Meeting, and doing a lot on the Business Analytics...
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Spotlight on SQL Server 11.5 has arrived!
The latest version of Spotlight on SQL Server Enterprise includes powerful new features that enhance your ability to monitor your SQL Server environment.With Version 11.5 you canCreate a customized...
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Online Calendars of Global SQLFamily events
Further to my rather sad post yesterday about SQLSaturday Edinburgh, it was clear to me that the community needs a community events calendar that is open and available to everyone to use. There is a...
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BI Survey 16
It’s that time of year again, so if you’ve got a few moments to spare here’s the link to take part in the BI Survey 16:https://digiumenterprise.com/answer/?link=2908-SE68TH8ZThe BI Survey is the...
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