In an earlier blog I talked about the difference in mentality between the typical developer and the typical DBA. One of the characteristics of the DBA is the distrust of the Microsoft Wizards. “Give ...

One of the dreaded error codes we get in the SQL log is the “1205”. It represents the infamous deadlock where two transactions are locking each other out. No way ...

Power BI experts discuss ways to preserve data types with queries, optimize CPU usage, and connect with Power BI Premium User with SQL Profiler. Chris Webb built off a recent blog topic about enabling ...

When you make calls to the database, profiler will tell you what the command was (if you're using stored procs, it will tell you what procs were called). The combination of extra opens and the sql ...