Query Plans Pop Quiz: Three Simple Questions
Question 1: Pick the Problematic Plan: someone hands you a pair of queries, and you get the estimated […]
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Free Fundamentals Classes Are Coming Next Week! Register Now.
You’re a developer, analyst, database administrator, or anybody else working with SQL Server, Azure SQL DB, or Amazon […]
Find Invalid Objects in SQL Server
One of the most important responsibilities of any database administrator is to maintain the integrity of the database, […]
Natural Language Query for SQL Server
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Oracle Performance Tuning: Practical Techniques Every DBA Should Master
As database professionals, we’ve all been there – that dreaded moment when users start complaining about slow queries, […]
Who’s Hiring Microsoft Data People? October 2025 Edition
Is your company hiring for a database position as of October 2025? Do you wanna work with the […]
Which Should You Use: VARCHAR or NVARCHAR?
You’re building a new table or adding a column, and you wanna know which datatype to use: VARCHAR […]
Unlocking High-Concurrency Inserts in SQL Server with OPTIMIZE_FOR_SEQUENTIAL_KEY
Introduction High-concurrency systems always look impressive on paper. You throw in dozens of CPU cores, crank up memory, […]
Unlocking the Power of FULL OUTER JOIN in SQL: Performance, ...
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Set MAXDOP in Azure SQL DB or You’ll Get This ...
Max Degrees of Parallelism (MAXDOP) tells the database engine, “If you decide to parallelize a query, go parallel […]
Memories of Andrew Clarke, by Simon Galbraith
Simon Galbraith is the co-founder of Redgate and one of the creators of Simple Talk. Here, he […]
Here Are the YouTube Channels We Both Loved.
Last week, I announced that we’ve hit 50,000 YouTube subscribers, and I celebrated by letting y’all submit your […]
Building a Dynamic Countdown Timer in Power BI
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How to Use SQL Server Features to Cut Web App ...
A customer taps “Buy Now” on your web app. Half a second passes. The screen hesitates before the […]
Power BI TMDL View: Benefits, Security Risks & Best Practices
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Building a Simple SQL/AI Environment
Al is everywhere….almost. In my day-to-day role as a DBA, I don’t really have the opportunity or need […]
We Hit 50,000 YouTube Subscribers! Let’s Run a Contest.
This is kinda amazing to me: our YouTube channel has broken the 50,000 subscriber mark! That’s wild to […]
Microsoft Now Recommends You Set Max Memory to 75% and ...
Somehow I missed this a few years ago, and I bet a lot of y’all did too. Note […]
Side by Side Upgrade to SQL Server 2022
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Announcing Free Fundamentals Week 2025!
You’re a developer, analyst, database administrator, or anybody else working with SQL Server, Azure SQL DB, or Amazon […]
How Well Does the MSSQL Extension in VSCode Work?
With the retirement of ADS, I decided to take a look at the MSSQL extension for VSCode. This […]
Getting Started with Bayesian Modeling
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Build a Test Lab of SQL Server 2025 on Windows ...
Problem Now that public preview of SQL Server 2025 CTP 2.1 is out (Community Technical Preview), you have […]
[Video] Office Hours: Database Questions & Answers
In between clients, I hopped onto my Twitch channel to take your top-voted questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento. If you’d […]
Your Developers Need Cheap SQL Training.
Your developers haven’t ever been to formal Microsoft database training on SQL Server or Azure SQL DB. They’re […]
SQL Server 2025 Makes Memory Troubleshooting Easier.
SQL Server 2025 introduces a new sys.dm_os_memory_health_history view to make it easier for meatbags like you and robots […]
Free Webcasts Tomorrow & Wednesday
I’m teaching my two most important classes live, online, completely free! These are the two fundamentals classes that […]
Parameter Sensitive Plan Optimization in SQL Server 2022
SQL Server 2022 has lot of improved and advanced features compared to its predecessor versions. This includes new […]
Configure SQL Server Alerts for Azure SQL Managed Instance
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Live avec Romain Ferraton : FastTransfer sp_CompareTable
Rejoignez-nous pour une session live d’une heure consacrée à FastTransfer, l’outil en ligne de commande qui simplifie […]
Revisiting SQL Server Window Functions- A Practical Walkthrough
Introduction Sometimes we just want SQL to be a bit smarter. Maybe we need to figure out who’s […]
[Video] Office Hours on the Beach in Cancun
In retrospect, I should have put on sunscreen – even for just a 20-minute Office Hours session on […]
A Rolling Filtered Index in SQL Server
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Home Office Studio Tour
Ever wonder what it takes to do this stuff behind the scenes? I’ll show you. If you’re thinking […]
A Tribute to Andrew Clarke (a.k.a. Phil Factor)
We are deeply saddened to share the news that Andrew Clarke, better known to Simple-Talk readers as […]
Using the FP-Growth Algorithm to Mine Useful Patterns in Data
Introduction In this example, we will show patterns between items stored in SQL Server using Python. We will […]
SQL Server Triggers for Business Rules Automation
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Workspace Identity Authentication for your Power BI Semantic Models in ...
When you create a semantic model in Power BI desktop, you typically connect to one or more data […]
[Video] Office Hours Back at Home in Vegas
I’m back in Vegas, at least for the moment, so let’s hang out in my home office and […]
Who’s Hiring in the Microsoft Database Community? September 2025 Edition
Is your company hiring for a database position as of September 2025? Do you wanna work with the […]
Free Live SQL Server Classes This Month!
This month, I’m teaching two of my classes live, online, completely free! These are the two fundamentals classes […]
Picking the ON or WHERE Clause for the SQL Predicate
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What is Delayed Durability in SQL Server — And Should ...
Introduction When SQL Server commits a transaction, it doesn’t just update data in memory. It also writes a […]
DevOps vs. SRE: Bridging the Gap, Not Building Walls
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[Video] Office Hours in Icy Strait Point, Alaska
For the last couple of months, I’ve been trying to get my on-location Office Hours episodes filmed with […]
Why Aren’t People Going to Local and Regional In-Person Events ...
Steve Jones recently posted an update about SQL Saturday’s status, and it includes some news we need to […]
PostgreSQL High Availability Options
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SQL Server 2025 RC0 Is Out with New Preview Features ...
The release of SQL Server 2025 keeps inching closer. Release Candidate 0 is out now, and here are […]
Unlocking the Power of FULL OUTER JOIN in SQL: Performance, ...
The JOIN statement is one of the most common operations SQL developers perform. Yet in a world […]
Using psycopg2 to Connect Python to PostgreSQL
Overview The psycopg2 library makes working with PostgreSQL databases in Python much easier. This has been the most […]