Note that THIS talk, and a ton more, is the subject of Sean’s precon at SQL Saturday #163 Dallas this fall. We can’t really livecast Sean’s session, so I’ll live note-take. Tonight’s session is on being able to answer questions before they’re asked. Intro Right now we’re talking about estimating database growth. There can be […]
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Me Me Me, Event Event Event
Dear Readers, Today’s blog shall be entirely stream-of-consciousness, which is to say, I don’t know exactly what I’m going to talk about. Call it an experiment in midweek blogging (when I’m not hyped about any particular topic). Right now at work, I have some queries to put together for an SSRS report; some transaction log […]
Varying Results with Subquery, ORDER BY, MAXDOP
In the speaker rooms of SQL events everywhere, there is wondrous blog material to be had, free for the picking up (as long as you attribute properly). Speaking of which… Saturday in the SQL Saturday #63 Dallas speaker room, Erin Welker (blog) asked about a problem with a query that’s getting varying results depending on the MAXDOP […]