Bulk Insert – Insights That Will Make You Drool

Bulk insert can be an extremely helpful tool to help ingest data into SQL Server efficiently. Sometimes, it is necessary to capture metrics in regards to the bulk insert in order to understand the who, when, and potentially why related to the insert process.

Azure DB – A Quick Spelunk Into XEvents to Love

This is a very simple introduction into the creation of an Extended Event session using a template for Azure SQL DB. I demonstrate the use of the GUI to configure the session quickly and then to subsequently script that configuration before creating the session.

Top 3 Easy Help Queries for XEvents in Azure SQL

These are a few simple queries to help you along your way to becoming better acquainted w/ XEvents in Azure SQL. These queries will make XEvents easier for you!

T-SQL Tuesday #089: The Cloud and Job Security

Do you fear the coming turbulence of the Cloud uprising? I think the cloud is a good thing for the data professional, when done right.

TSQL Recipes – 2014 Edition

Announcing…the book At long last the wait is over. After much blood, sweat and more blood and sweat, the next edition of the SQL Server Recipes book is finished. This edition brings several changes and […]

Cloud Nirvana

T-SQL Tuesday is a recurring blog party, that is started by Adam Machanic (Blog | @AdamMachanic). Each month a blog will host the party, and everyone that want’s to can write a blog about a specific subject. […]