Tag Archives: Humor

The DBA’s Twelve Days of Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2019 by way0utwest

On the first day of Christmas my new DBA sent to me A table with a primary key On the second day of Christmas my new DBA sent to me Two Foreign Keys, and A table with a primary key … Continue reading →

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The Costumed DBA

Posted on October 31, 2019 by way0utwest

It’s Halloween today, which is a day when children typically dress up and go looking for candy. It’s supposed to be trick or treat, but I’ve seen relatively few tricks and lots of treats with my kids. No Halloween for … Continue reading →

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A Cool Image

Posted on April 26, 2019 by way0utwest

Maybe we can get Chris Spalton to do some of these for all our events? I really like it. Just a few days until SQL in the City Summit – London

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Customizing Statistics Histogram in SQL Server 2019

Posted on March 31, 2019 by way0utwest

The use of statistics in SQL Server is tightly embedded in the query optimizer and query processor. The creation and maintenance of statistics is usually handled by the SQL Server engine, though many DBAs and developers know that periodically we … Continue reading →

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