Joins are essential. The SQL Corgs introduce you to INNER joins in this animated short.

Why do we “normalize” relational databases, and what are the basics? Awkward Unicorn explains, with a little help from their friends.

Freyja the corgi shares her tips for learning SQL: SELECT, FROM, and WHERE.

Now that I’m getting the hang of this, I think I’m going to do a whole series of shorts on SQL syntax essentials, plus tips and tricks!

I learned to make short form videos with my drawings this week, and, well… things are about to get weirder.

Looking for the isolation levels poster? It moved, you can get it here.

I am a fangirl of Adam Machanic’s free sp_whoisactive stored procedure.

One of the great things about sp_whoisactive is that it’s very quick to generate a table to collect the data you need, then run the procedure in a loop with a wait statement to regularly collect the data you want over an interval.

A few weeks ago I was talking with a friend about upcoming plans. Without thinking, I said:

“Oh, and I’m going to go to Cleveland to talk about Isolation Levels. And partitioning. In February.”

This post is about two things: 1) Your Page Verification Settings are Critical You should confirm you are running with the correct page verification settings on your SQL Server databases. It’s very important, and I’ll show you why. 2) I Should Attend the Awesome SQLSkills Master Immersion Event - Internals and Performance My scripts to demo the importance of page verification settings are part of my entry to win free registration to the SQLSkills Master Immersion Event on Internals and Performance in February.