For some reason I have always written my Case statements using the following logic: It wasn't until recently that I noticed that there is another syntax that can be used with the CASE expression, the interesting part about this other form is that it is rather aesthetically pleasing when dealing with multiple WHEN clauses... Continue Reading →
This is going to be a quick look at an issue that we recently encountered, I'm not going to go in depth into spinlocks and what they are (perhaps that could be the subject of a future post). We were enjoying a nice peaceful afternoon when we hear panicked shouting that a SQL Server had... Continue Reading →
So, this month's T-SQL Tuesday topic is to think about a non-SQL Server technology that we want to learn. For me, I'm going to pick machine learning. As a DBA, I've always looked at machine learning as a thing for the BI guys. I'm a DBA after all why do I care about that? Well,... Continue Reading →
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