Lol. Just the domain. A bit of PTSD, trying to let it go.

Ready to leave the past, in the past.

Functions in the WHERE Clause Are Bad… Right? Nah, not necessarily. SQL Server's query optimizer behavior keeps changing with every freakin' version. Let's illustrate it with a simple query against the Stack Overflow Users table: CREATE INDEX Location ON dbo.Users(Location); GO SELECT COUNT(*) FROM dbo.Users WHERE Location = N'Ahmadabad, India' OPTION (RECOMPILE); Because there are a lot of people in Ahmadabad, SQL Server gets that estimate correct, which is really important when you start joining this table to other tables, like finding their number of comments or posts:

Functions in the WHERE Clause Are Bad… Right?

Nah, not necessarily. SQL Server's query optimizer behavior keeps changing with every freakin' version. Let's illustrate it with a simple query against the Stack Overflow Users table: CREATE INDEX Location ON dbo.Users(Location); GO SELECT COUNT(*)…

Tied to GPT?

Mrs. Wolf and me at a 1920's themed mystery dinner

Also, dont forget we have a FREE precon this year! That's right, the event is free you just need to provide your own lunch.The precon is being delivered by one of our own local speakers/organizers Stephanie Bruno!

Precon Info: lnkd.in/evZef3Wp

Three reasons RDS SQL Server is better than Azure SQL Managed Instance Kendra Little writes and draws comics about SQL Server, Data Platforms, and Database DevOps.

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Back home from a pleasant day spent with pleasant folks. 😉 /cc @thewolfdentech.bsky.social

Wife and me in Munich to celebrate our 4th anniversary at Oktoberfest. Beer, Bratwurst, and other NSFW B...

just watched it a few weeks ago. And agreed.

yeah, the trailerhood made the ingredients list short. but glad to have learned what I did

Frozen? I learned to cook. Though my first box of m&c was more like soup.

You know, as adults, we don't discuss our favorite dinosaurs enough

Let this sink in.

Muskrat. I like that

US Cyber Command halts operations against Russia Measure appears to be an attempt to encourage Russia to join talks to end its war of aggression in Ukraine

I'm certainly NOT a trump fan. From what I can Google, we did not turn off a cyber shield. We paused cyber offensive. Not the same thing. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Today's editorial: A Poor Data Model voiceofthedba.com/2025/03/03/a...

Since 2018, I’ve worked behind the scenes, but I’m looking to get more involved in the community and my career. I’m interested in SQL/Azure leadership groups at the Director/VP level. Any recommendations for virtual groups that meet regularly?

Kill broccoli. Three way with the other two

Topic:azure vm V2 storage pools. Problem. Dynamic growth of V2 disk and have vm storage pool recognize. We have tried several ways(short of destroying the pool and recreating. If anyone has experience with this, would love feedback.

Batman, of course