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Updated First Responder Kit and Consultant Toolkit for July 2021
I’m slowing the First Responder Kit update frequency down to once every 2 months. I know from firsthand experience working with clients that folks just can’t patch quickly enough, hahaha. Folks who...
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[Video] Office Hours: Ask Me Anything About SQL Server
Erika and I are on the road in Iceland, roaming around the countryside, and I’m taking you with us. This week, we’re in Siglufjörður, a beautiful little oceanfront fishing village in the north. In the...
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[Video] Office Hours: Ask Me Anything About Professional Development
Erika and I are on the road in Iceland, roaming around the countryside, and I’m taking you with us. This week, we’re in Siglufjörður, a beautiful little oceanfront fishing village in the north. In the...
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Who’s Hiring in the Database Community? August 2021 Edition
Is your company hiring for a database position as of August 2021? Do you wanna work with the kinds of people who read this blog? Let’s set up some rapid networking here. If your company is hiring,...
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[Video] Office Hours: Siglufjörður Airport Runway Edition
Erika and I are on the road in Iceland, roaming around the countryside, and I’m taking you with us. This session was shot in Siglufjörður, a beautiful little oceanfront fishing village in the north....
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[Video] Office Hours: Arctic Circle Puffins Edition
Erika and I are on the road in Iceland, roaming around the countryside, and I’m taking you with us. We visited Grímsey, a tiny island on the Arctic Circle, home to gazillions of sea birds like puffins...
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Want a Better Work/Life Balance? Use Jira at Home. #TSQL2sday
I’m only half-joking. Hear me out. If you’re frustrated at how much you work, and how little time you spend with your family & friends, think about how much planning and task management you’re...
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[Video] Office Hours: Húsavík Harbor Edition
Today’s session comes to you from the harbor in Húsavík, the whale watching capitol of Europe. Questions I answered in the video: 00:00 Introductions 00:29 Is SQL Server 2019 ready for prime time now?...
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[Video] Office Hours: Ask Me Anything About Microsoft SQL Server
We took a break from roaming around Iceland long enough to check in at our home studio. While we were here, I did a live Office Hours session, taking your questions about Microsoft SQL Server....
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[Video] Office Hours: Ask Me Anything About Microsoft SQL Server
Got questions that aren’t a good fit for DBA.StackExchange.com, and you want my opinion? Post them here and upvote the questions you’d like to see me talk through. This weekend, I hopped into my home...
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Mark Your Calendars: Free Live SQL Server Training Classes in October &...
This fall, I’m going to teach you the fundamentals of Microsoft database performance tuning, live, for free. The first class is my How to Think Like the Engine class. It’s already free online in both...
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You Probably Shouldn’t Index Your Temp Tables.
When you’ve got a process that uses temp tables, and you want to speed it up, it can be tempting to index the temp table to help work get done more quickly. However, in most cases – not all, but most –...
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Most T-SQL Queries Don’t Even Try to Handle Errors.
David Tovee asked a great question in yesterday’s Mastering Query Tuning class. He asked his fellow students, “How many of you actually use TRY/CATCH?” I turned it into a Twitter poll because I wanted...
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[Video] Office Hours: Ask Me Anything About SQL Server
You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers. Welcome to another edition of Office Hours, where you post your questions here, upvote the ones you’d like to see me talk through, and I do your bidding:...
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[Video] Office Hours: Ask Me Anything About SQL Server, Mink Edition
In this episode, I’ve got my own question: what’s this animal running around at my feet? Commenters on the YouTube video explained that it’s a mink. They were imported into Iceland in the 1930s for...
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[Video] Office Hours: Ask Me Anything About SQL Server at the EVE Online...
I sat down at the EVE Online Monument in Reykjavik to answer the highly-voted questions you posted here. Questions covered in the video: 00:00 The EVE Online Monument 00:48 Why is SQL Server using so...
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[Video] Office Hours at the Eldfell Volcano Crater
You posted and upvoted questions at https://pollgab.com/room/brento, and I ascended – well, drove into – the Eldfell Volcano in the Westman Islands to answer ’em: Questions we covered in the video:...
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Who’s Hiring in the Database Community? September 2021 Edition
Is your company hiring for a database position as of September 2021? Do you wanna work with the kinds of people who read this blog? Let’s set up some rapid networking here. If your company is hiring,...
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[Video] Office Hours: Ask Me Anything at the Westman Islands Harbor
You upvoted questions at https://pollgab.com/room/brento, and today I’m at the harbor in Heimaey to cover ’em. Questions we talked through: 00:00 Introductions 01:00 Zach: What happens when I change a...
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[Video] Office Hours: Ask Me Anything About SQL Server On My Patio
I sit on the porch and discuss your highly voted questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento. Today’s discussion includes: 00:00 Introductions 00:27 DK: What was your Gordian Knot problem? 03:25...
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