Tag Archives: sql server

T-SQL Tuesday #80–Chris Yates’ Birthday

Posted on July 12, 2016 by way0utwest

It’s the 80th version of T-SQL Tuesday. You can see all the parties from the past on my page, but feel free to jump in here or elsewhere. This is a monthly event, where anyone can write on a topic. … Continue reading →

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Why Use R Services?

Posted on June 23, 2016 by way0utwest

I ran across a blog post from the very talented Joe Sack recenty, who I hope makes a few more minutes for me the next time we’re in the same town together ;). The post is a look at some … Continue reading →

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SQL Server 2016 is Just Faster

Posted on June 17, 2016 by way0utwest

I’ve enjoyed the series of posts from Microsoft on the ways in which SQL Server 2016 was improved and is faster. Some of these posts show improvement without any change in your code. Some showcase features that might require change, … Continue reading →

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Stretch Pricing

Posted on June 15, 2016 by way0utwest

I have to admit that I was really excited about the Stretch Database feature in SQL Server 2016. This will automatically archive older data away from your database, but let the query optimizer go get the data if needed. That’s … Continue reading →

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