This post is re-published from my original post on SQL Solutions Group. I hope that you enjoy it. When investigating a performance issue, the desired end result is already known… you need to make the queries run faster. It’s been my experience that most performance problems involve optimizing the query that is being run—sometimes the […]
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Recently (okay, it went live a month ago, and I’m super-late in my blog post!), I was the guest on the podcast that Carlos Chacon of SQLDataPartners publishes. In this podcast, we talk about Table Variables and Temporary Tables (if you’ve been to one of my presentations on this topic, then you know what’s coming!). […]
It’s been a while since I’ve written a T-SQL Tuesday post, mainly because I just wasn’t inspired by the topic. And truth be told, this one was turning out to be that way also. But then today, I was wishing that SQL Server would track something that it doesn’t do, and I realized that I […]
One of the nightmare scenarios that a SQL Saturday organizer faces is selecting a speaker that is already going to another event on the same day. The speaker can only be at one event… and the site doesn’t really help us out with letting us know about these over-committed speakers. So, I wrote this little […]
In my previous post, I introduced you to the Advent of Code programming challenge, and explained how I’m going through the days, solving both parts of each puzzle. Continuing on, today we have day 21. In this challenge,you received a present – a role playing game. In this game, you (the player) and your enemy […]
In my previous post, I introduced you to the Advent of Code programming challenge, and explained how I’m going through the days, solving both parts of each puzzle. Continuing on, today we have day 20. In this challenge, it seems that Santa’s elves have too much time on their hands. To keep them busy, he […]
In my previous post, I introduced you to the Advent of Code programming challenge, and explained how I’m going through the days, solving both parts of each puzzle. Continuing on, today we have day 19. In this challenge, Rudolph is sick and needs some medicine. Since Rudolph’s biology is different from other reindeer, he needs […]
In my previous post, I introduced you to the Advent of Code programming challenge, and explained how I’m going through the days, solving both parts of each puzzle. Continuing on, today we have day 18. In this challenge, the fire department has cracked down on how many lights can be in your display. So the […]
In my previous post, I introduced you to the Advent of Code programming challenge, and explained how I’m going through the days, solving both parts of each puzzle. Continuing on, today we have day 16. In this challenge, you have received a wonderful gift from your Aunt Sue, and you want to send her a […]
In my previous post, I introduced you to the Advent of Code programming challenge, and explained how I’m going through the days, solving both parts of each puzzle. Continuing on, today we have day 15. In this challenge, we are working on the cookie recipe. Specifically, different ingredients impact a few different aspects / properties […]
