Joe Fleming wants to know how I solve weird problems. I’m not sure I’m actually qualified to answer this question since I, myself, am a weird problem, but I’ll give it a shot. One aspect of my job is to provide support to our clients. No, I’m not on call (thank the gods), but I’ll […] The post T-SQL Tuesday #187: It’s Extended Events. It’s Always Extended Events appeared first on Grant Fritchey.| Grant Fritchey
I have a proper blog post coming out tomorrow for T-SQL Tuesday, but today, celebrate with me that SSMS 21 finally, at long last, fixes the irritating fact that the New Session window in SSMS for Extended Events always opened to the wrong size. Here’s SSMS 20: At the bottom of the screen on the […] The post SSMS 21 Fixes Irritating Problem appeared first on Grant Fritchey.| Grant Fritchey
I’m working on an update to my Query Performance Tuning book for SQL Server 2025 and I found myself wondering, will a query hint be immediately apparent in an execution plan without runtime metrics (AKA, Estimated Plan)? My assumption was a resounding yes, but you have to check. Query Hint in Estimated Plan I’ve got […] The post Query Hints and Estimated Plans appeared first on Grant Fritchey.| Grant Fritchey
I recently was privileged to speak at SQLDay in Wroclaw Poland… man, I love visiting Poland… Anyway… Great event. Worth your time to attend, and if you’re a speaker, oh, you don’t want to miss this one. The data community there is just amazing. I always walk through the vendor floor to see what’s what. […] The post Do Yourself a Favor, Check Out Woodler appeared first on Grant Fritchey.| Grant Fritchey
I won’t try to pretend otherwise, I’ve had some mixed feelings about Stack Overflow for a long time. I think the concept of the place, ask a question, get an answer, is great. No question. How that was handled, tone of moderation, other stuff, maybe it wasn’t all handled as well as it could have […] The post Stack Overflow & AI appeared first on Grant Fritchey.| Grant Fritchey
Just a quick one this morning. I’m on the road and haven’t worked up a full blog post, apologies. I’ve been using the preview for SQL Server Management Studio 21 for a little over a week now. You should check it out. It’s been mostly stable (I got a crash. I didn’t report it because […] The post SSMS 21 appeared first on Grant Fritchey.| Grant Fritchey
A quick tutorial on how to use AI in DBeaver as a fundamental tool to help you write PostgreSQL code a little faster and better.| Grant Fritchey
This is not database related, so if you’re not interested in hearing about something besides SQL Server, PostgreSQL, DevOps, community or data management in general, time to move on. Figured I’d just let you know up front. In the last year there have been several very large scale emergency events, examples include Hurrican Helene in […]| Grant Fritchey
Yeah, yeah, second AI post in a row. I promise not to make a habit of it. But I saw someone else mention that you can feed them XML and the AI will read the execution plan. I had to test it out and then overshare my results with all of you. We Need A […]| Grant Fritchey
I’m sure I’ve never mentioned that I’m an amateur radio operator. Like Vegans and Cross Fitters, we tend to be shy and withdrawn about our predilections. BWA-HA-HA! Ok, like Vegans and Cross Fitters, you can’t get a ham to shut up about playing radio. Anyhoo, I’ve been experimenting with a brand new, and somewhat buggy, […]| Grant Fritchey