Tag Archives: sql server

Not Excited by Linux

Posted on January 11, 2017 by way0utwest

You’re not excited by Linux. At least most of you in this community aren’t excited. A recent poll we ran showed that nearly two thirds of the people answering aren’t interested in even evaluating SQL Server on Linux. That’s an … Continue reading →

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Please Fix This–T-SQL Tuesday #86

Posted on January 10, 2017 by way0utwest

It’s T-SQL Tuesday time, and this month is an interesting topic. The invite comes from Brent Ozar, and it’s designed to get you to look at SQL Server. I spent some time thinking about this one and getting a post … Continue reading →

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SQL Server is Getting More Popular

Posted on January 10, 2017 by way0utwest

At the db-engines.com site, SQL Server was named the DMBS of the year. This was the site’s choice based on a measure of how popularity changed from Jan 2016 -Jan 2017. Apparently SQL Server grew in popularity in a number … Continue reading →

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Syntactic Sugar

Posted on December 27, 2016 by way0utwest

There are all sort of features and enhancements that Microsoft can make to the SQL Server platform. If you look around Connect, you’ll see suggestions for improvements, such adding common checks, as well as additions like adding virtual tables. I’m … Continue reading →

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