Before you read too far, this is going to be a deeply personal post.Where do I begin? As many of you know I’ve been working on a UWP app to help query tuning in SQL Server and showed quite a few people an alpha of the tool at PASS Summit. My plans were to have the tool completed and published to the Windows Store by Christmas.
Where to watch Ignite
In case you aren’t familiar with #MSIgnite, it’s a huge event where Microsoft debuts all the new shiny software that you’re going to want your hands on immediately and the conference is happening right now and goes until Friday.
You can watch and learn all about the exciting new things at this link:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ignite
Hope you enjoy and find some time to check out some of the broadcasting.
Hello Denver! I’m speaking this weekend
For those of you in the Denver area, SQL Saturday is this weekend! I’m speaking and hope to see you there.
If you haven’t registered yet, no problem. The details are here:
http://www.sqlsaturday.com/774/eventhome.aspx
There’s a ton of great speakers and you don’t want to miss this one.
Are scalar functions really a bad thing?
I’ve read a lot of things lately pointing to scalar functions as if they were the devil. In this blog I’m going to explore if that’s the case. Let’s have a look.
I’m speaking at SQL Saturday 749 : Baton Rouge
Hello Louisiana! It’s that time of year again. I’ll be speaking on Saturday August 11th in Baton Rouge with many other exciting speakers from around the country. My topic is a performance troubleshooting guide for DBAs; but, all are welcome to attend. This year is going to be amazing so be sure to register and block your calendar. Check out the registration here:
SQL Saturday Houston is this weekend
I’m speaking along with many other amazingly talented professionals, including Adam from Guy In A Cube. If you’re in the Houston, TX area be sure to head over to the SQL Saturday website to register. You can find more details here: http://www.sqlsaturday.com/766/eventhome.aspx
There are over 50 sessions across 6 different tracks; so, there’s plenty to learn for everyone! My session is a guide to troubleshooting performance for DBAs and developers.
Hope to see you there!
Monday morning comic 2018-05-28
It always seems that when I give a talk on performance there are 100+ people packed in the room but when it comes to security there’s 10 to 15 people. No one likes patches, unless you’re talking about a puppy named patches or something that’s not related to updates; yet, it’s so important that we all do them.
You know everything about GROUP BY. Do you?
SQL is a stout language and SQL Server has so many features that it’s impossible to be an expert in everything. I see a lot of people gravitate towards performance; but, that’s not the best place to focus. If you don’t know the fundamentals of the language then you will never be the best performance tuner.Read More »
Monday morning comic 2018-05-21
I decided to poke fun at ORM tools again this week. Hope you enjoy.
Back to basics: What is a HEAP table?
Understanding the fundamentals is key for success, with everything you do. These days SQL Server has expanded into much more than just a database; but, products that ingest data for analysis still need to get the data from a source, such as an OLTP SQL database.Read More »
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