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File Growths
I hinted at file growths in my previous posts about shrinking data and log files. Then I talked about growing log files in my post Database Log VLFs. However, there are still some unanswered...
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SQL Server Service Broker – Service Architecture
This post is part of a series on this blog that will explore SQL Server Service Broker, a native messaging and queuing technology built into the SQL Server Database Engine.Previous posts:SQL Server...
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Update to TRUNCATE TABLE in SQL 2016 (partition support)
Continuing my obsession with partitioning I thought I’d write this quick post about a cool change in SQL Server 2016.This change allows you to truncate an individual partition, instead of having to...
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Monday Morning SQL Break – March 28, 2016
It’s Tuesday, and the Monday post is late. A weekend of smoking quite a few pounds of pork kept me in a meat coma. The three day weekend also kept motivation to get this post out low, but hey, it’s...
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My latest presentations
I frequently present at user groups, and always try to create a brand new presentation to keep things interesting. We all know technology changes so quickly there is no shortage of topics! There is a...
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SQL Agent Job Schedules
Many moons ago, I posted a script to help report on the human friendly scheduling information for SSRS subscriptions. You can read all about that here.In a very similar fashion, today I want to share...
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When should I test?
To test or not to test. That is the question. Or is it? Shouldn’t we always test? That was the question posted here. It’s a big question so let’s break it down a bit.UpgradesYou have a system and are...
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Why aren’t SAN snapshots a good backup solution for SQL Server?
First rule of backups: Backup can’t depend on the production data.SAN snapshots, and I don’t care who your vendor is, by definition depend on the production LUN. We’ll that’s the production data.That’s...
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Power BI Application Embedding Releases Today
A few weeks ago, the Power BI team gave us the ability to freely embed Power BI reports, dashboards and other capabilities into a web frame for all the world to see. The next natural step, you might...
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Microsoft Dropped the Cover Charge on SQL Server
Takeaway: SQL Server Developer Edition is now free. This makes it very easy for newcomers to learn about SQL Server.Some Skills Are Hard to TeachWorking with SQL Server and teaching SQL Server are...
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The date demands it or does it?
Quite a while since I’ve been writing…a lot of water under the bridge and a demanding yet rewarding job in Zurich are some of my excuses.This is not a post about :SQL Server written in Javascript,...
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Microsoft MVP For Eight Straight
I am not able to explain why I am considered an MVP and others are not.The post Microsoft MVP For Eight Straight appeared first on Thomas LaRock.If you liked this post then consider subscribing to the...
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Hidden code in AdventureWorks
I’ve playing around with AdventureWorks and managed to found some hidden code! Truly odd stuff. I’m so shocked I couldn’t wait until the time I usually post.So if you take the x character of the first...
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Microsoft Gold Partner was so much fun, we did it again.
A while back we at Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting became Microsoft Gold partners for the Microsoft Cloud Platform. Well, we’ve had so much fun being a Gold Partner for Cloud Platform that we...
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Should You Use a SQL Server Marketplace Image for an Azure Virtual Machine?
Virtual machines (VMs) in Azure are fantastic. They are considered "Infrastructure as a Service" (IaaS) and can implement production workloads, dev/test environments, and as learning/sandbox areas....
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FIX: SQL Server Management Studio and 4k Monitors
With the latest releases of Intel processors and especially starting with the 4th generation (“Haswell” processors) to the latest 6th generation (“Skylake” processors) that are shipping with graphic...
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The ‘B’ in B-Tree – Indexing in SQL Server
Some people advocate we should count by twelve rather than ten. This is because you can easily count the twelve segments of your fingers by using your thumb as a pointer. With that method, you can...
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Timing M Query Execution In Power Query And Power BI (Revisited)
Some time ago I wrote the following post on how to work out how long your M query takes to execute in Power Query:http://blog.crossjoin.co.uk/2014/11/17/timing-power-query-queries/While it’s still...
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Complex/Conditional ORDER BYs
Typically it’s considered best to run your queries without an ORDER BY and let the application do any sorting needed. Sometimes though it’s faster and easier to let SQL handle the sorting for you. And...
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Monday Morning SQL Break – April 4, 2016
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly blog and twitter round-up for last week. If you haven’t already, follow me on twitter (@StrateSQL). This is a good chance to catch up on data platform technology...
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