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Jared Westover (@westoverjared) is a SQL Server specialist with nearly two decades of industry experience. He is currently a software architect at Crowe and an author at Pluralsight. He also is the primary contributor at the blog sqlhabits.com.

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Inline Scalar UDFs in Fabric Warehouses – Part 1Microsoft Fabric2025-09-04
Picking the ON or WHERE Clause for the SQL PredicatePerformance Tuning2025-08-08
Microsoft Fabric vs Azure SQL Database Performance ComparisonAzure SQL Database2025-07-28
Reduce SQL Server Deadlocks with a Clustered IndexLocking and Blocking2025-07-16
SQL Server Isolation Level Comparison – Repeatable Read and Snapshot IsolationPerformance Tuning2025-06-18
Understanding Concurrency Limits of Microsoft Fabric Data WarehousesMicrosoft Fabric2025-05-28
SQL Rank Functions – ROW_NUMBER, RANK, DENSE_RANK, NTILETSQL2025-05-26
Restrict User Query Access in SQL ServerSecurity2025-05-15
Temporary Tables in a Microsoft Fabric WarehouseMicrosoft Fabric2025-04-29
SQL Export to Excel via Power BI XMLAPower BI2025-04-16
Foreign Keys and Performance in a Microsoft Fabric WarehouseMicrosoft Fabric2025-03-19
DAX CASE Statement Functionality using IF, SWITCH and SWITCH TruePower BI2025-02-26
Add New Columns Versus New Table in SQL ServerDatabase Design2025-02-04
SQL CASE Statement in JOIN ClauseTSQL2025-01-15
SQL Databases in FabricMicrosoft Fabric2025-01-13
Troubleshoot Chained SQL Server CTECommon Table Expressions2025-01-02
Monitor SQL Server Performance and Daily Operations with dbWatchMonitoring2025-01-01
SQL Server OPTION RECOMPILE for Simple QueriesPerformance Tuning2024-12-19
Build Polymorphic Associations in SQL Server with Foreign KeysDatabase Design2024-12-06
Convert Excel Workbooks to CSV with Microsoft FabricMicrosoft Fabric2024-11-20
Calculate a Moving Average with T-SQL Windowing FunctionsTSQL2024-11-13
Limit Cost Threshold for Parallelism for Small SQL QueriesDatabase Administration2024-10-28
SQL Combine Multiple Columns – UNPIVOT, UNION ALL vs CROSS APPLYTSQL2024-09-30
Uncover SQL Server Missing IndexesPerformance Tuning2024-09-11
Cost Threshold for Parallelism Affects SQL Server Missing IndexesPerformance Tuning2024-08-22
SQL Local Variables and Performance IssuesPerformance Tuning2024-07-31
Reduce SQL Server Blocking with READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOTLocking and Blocking2024-07-18
Add Indexes to Improve SQL DELETE PerformanceIndexing2024-06-26
Prevent Duplicate Records in SQL using Filtered IndexIndexing2024-06-19
Replace SQL Cursors with Set Based Operations – OUTPUT and MERGETSQL2024-05-30
SQL Server Temporary Tables – Local and Global ExamplesTemp Tables2024-05-07
SQL Server Temporary Stored ProceduresStored Procedures2024-04-29
Replace a SQL WHILE Loop with Set Based Logic in T-SQLTSQL2024-04-09
Pass Parameters to SQLQueryStress for SQL Server Performance TuningPerformance Tuning2024-03-21
Manipulate Strings in SQL Server with REPLACE, TRIM, STUFF, CHARINDEXTSQL2024-03-05
Free Azure SQL Managed InstanceAzure SQL Managed Instance2024-02-09
How to Get Started with an Azure SQL Managed Instance MigrationAzure SQL Managed Instance2024-01-16
Performance Impact of SQL Server Check ConstraintsConstraints2023-12-07
Recursive Common Table Expression in SQL Server ExamplesCommon Table Expressions2023-11-21
SQL Server Table Design Guide – Data Types, Primary Keys and moreDatabase Design2023-11-01
SQL Server Index Fragmentation Considerations with Modern HardwareFragmentation and Index Maintenance2023-10-10
SQL Pivot and Unpivot Data using T-SQL CodeTSQL2023-09-22
Using SQL Server Database Snapshots to Quickly Revert a DatabaseBackup2023-09-13
Rebuild Indexes in SQL Server Options and Potential ImpactsIndexing2023-08-28
SQL Server Columnstore Indexes Tuple Mover Background ProcessIndexing2023-08-14
SQL Server Triggers versus Temporal Tables for Data Changes in a TableChange Data Capture2023-07-27
Selecting Azure SQL Managed Instance vs. Azure SQL DatabaseAzure SQL Managed Instance2023-07-05
SQL Server Ordered Columnstore Indexes to Improve Data Warehouse PerfoIndexing2023-06-19
Insight into Rowstore and Columnstore Indexes in SQL ServerDatabase Design2023-06-08
Replace Text in SQL Server Strings using REPLACE and TRANSLATETSQL2023-04-19
Return TOP (N) Rows in SQL using APPLY or ROW_NUMBER() FunctionsTSQL2023-04-11
SQL MERGE vs INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE Performance ConsiderationsTSQL2023-03-08
Filtered Indexes Ignored in SQL ServerIndexing2023-02-16
SQL Server ROW_NUMBER Ranking Function that Returns a Row Rank ValueFunctions System2023-02-08
SQL Server Filtered Indexes for Multi Table SQL Join ExplainedIndexing2023-01-23
Covering Index in SQL Server with Key and Non-Key ColumnsIndexing2023-01-11
Determine SQL Server Page Counts for Tables, Indexes and ObjectsDatabase Design2022-12-09
SELECT COUNT FROM SQL Server Examples and StatisticsFunctions System2022-11-16
SQL RAISERROR for Error Handling During Code ExecutionError Handling2022-11-03
Design SQL Server Indexes for Faster Query PerformanceIndexing2022-10-20
SQL Server THROW for Error HandlingError Handling2022-10-11
SQL Transaction Examples when Modifying Data in SQL Server TablesTransactions2022-09-27
Tune SQL Server Stored Procedures and Indexes with SqlQueryStressPerformance Tuning2022-09-19
Options to Compare Data from Two SQL Server TablesTSQL2022-09-06
SQL CONVERT, CAST, TRY_CAST, TRY_CONVERT and TRY_PARSE ExamplesFunctions System2022-08-30
Find Mismatched SQL Server Data Between Two TablesTSQL2022-08-15
SQL Server Stored Procedure Debug Logic for Execution ProblemsStored Procedures2022-08-02
SQL Server Table Compression – Page, Columnstore and ArchiveCompression2022-07-22
Random Date Generator in SQL ServerDates2022-07-12

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