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For this month's T-SQL Tuesday, Brent Ozar (blog|Instagram) asks us to describe the most recent ticket we closed. “We had a pretty significant wait spike…” The literal last ticket I closed was “please run this script in production…”, and I don’t think it …
Continue readingFor this month's T-SQL Tuesday, John McCormack (blog) asks us: “What are your go-to short, handy scripts”? I've got so many handy dandy scripts, it was hard to choose. Where to start? I have so many go-to scripts that are short, amazing, and I use all the …
Continue readingThis month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Kenneth Fisher (blog|twitter). Kenneth asked us to talk about any non-SQL tips and tricks we have. I’m going to take the moment to give some tips on how (and why) you can help fight bigotry, racism, and racial injustice.
Continue readingIt’s been a little bit since the last T-SQL Tuesday I joined, when I blogged about religion & politics. This month, I answer Bert Wagner's call to blog about code I would hate to live without
Continue readingThe great tabs vs spaces debate is often framed as a matter of opinion or coding style. “As long as you’re consistent, it doesn’t matter.” Keep in mind that unlike your choice in footwear, coding style can’t be personal. I’m going to draw a line in the sand …
Continue readingWhen I started travelling to speak at SQL Server events, I committed that I would make the most of it. To me, that means a lot more than just attending the event where I’m speaking. Sure, I want to learn and network at the event, but it means more than that, …
Continue readingIt’s T-SQL Tuesday, the blog party that SQL Server expert Adam Machanic (blog) started. This month’s episode is hosted by Kenneth Fisher (blog). The topic: Backup & Recovery ## Your backups are my bread & butter Backup & recovery are a DBA's bread & butter. I …
Continue readingFor this month’s T-SQL Tuesday, I asked people to blog about the same old problems we’ve been dealing with for years. There were some great posts, including a batch of first-time contributors. You’ll notice some overlapping themes as you read through these …
Continue readingBack in August, Allan Hirt (blog) tweeted: Allan Hirt@SQLHA twitter In the roughly 25 years of I have been in IT, we’re still dealing with the same problems. 6:23 PM · Aug 30, 2016 I had a slow day, so I generated a storm of responses. This month’s T-SQL …
Continue readingWhat is T-SQL Tuesday? T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different blogger each month. This blog party was started by Adam Machanic (blog). You can take part by posting your own participating post that fits the topic of the month and follows …
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