Introducing Big Data Clusters and SQL Server 2019
Let's talk a bit about the launch of SQL Server 2019 and the flagship, bet-the-farm feature: Big Data Clusters.
SQL Server 2019 Installation Enhancements
I talk a little bit about two big enhancements for SQL Server 2019: installation options for setting MAXDOP and Max Server Memory.
PASS Summit 2019 – WIT Luncheon
Notes and ramblings from the annual WIT Luncheon once again sponsored by SentryOne.
Memory-Optimized TempDB Metadata
Get a quick overview of a powerful new feature in SQL Server 2019 that will drastically improve certain tempdb-heavy workloads.
PASS Summit 2019 Keynote – Day 2
See the highlights from the second keynote at PASS Summit 2019 in Seattle.
PASS Summit 2019 Keynote – Day 1
See the highlights from the first-day keynote at PASS Summit 2019 in Seattle.
Thoughts on SQL Server 2019 Editions
I share some thoughts about the upcoming SQL Server 2019 release and edition-specific features.
Focus Groups at PASS Summit 2019
Register now for focus groups hosted by the product teams at PASS Summit next week!
Simulating ON DELETE CASCADE
See how to generate a set of scripts that will delete rows from dependent tables and show you how many rows will be deleted from each.
Impact of UTF-8 support in SQL Server 2019
I take a quick look at the performance and storage impact of the new UTF-8 collations in SQL Server 2019.
T-SQL Tuesday #119 : Changing My Mind
For this month's T-SQL Tuesday, I talk about an incident where I've changed my mind about something I was previously pretty stubborn about.
Document Columns Across Systems
Find out how to use dynamic SQL to quickly generate metadata queries to pull attributes for all columns across a database or even a set of databases.
Forced Parameterization, Meet Filtered Indexes
Forced Parameterization can be a useful setting to tune workloads, but this can work against you if you're also using filtered indexes.
A quick tip when using multiple Docker containers and SQL Server
Give your Docker container port numbers meaning to avoid confusion, especially when presenting or giving demos.
Bad habits to kick : avoiding the schema prefix
Originally published in 2009, I updated this in 2019 with an example showing an effect on the plan cache.
Materials from Music City Data
Aaron shares his slides and demos from his most recent delivery of T-SQL : Bad Habits and Best Practices.
Features and Fixes in SentryOne Plan Explorer 19.1.2
Read about the improvements in the latest version of SentryOne Plan Explorer, 19.1.2.
Another limitation of STRING_SPLIT
Did you know that not all characters can be used as the separator for STRING_SPLIT?
Partitioning Data without using Partitioned Tables
Read about an approach to partitioning a result set without the performance impact of NTILE.
PREVIEW : SentryOne Plan Explorer extension for Azure Data Studio
Find out what's in the SentryOne Plan Explorer extension for Azure Data Studio.
How to Alter User Defined Table Types
See how to work around the lack of an ALTER TYPE command.