Dear SQL DBA
By Kendra Little
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Kendra Little's podcast discussing database performance tuning, software development, and working with data.
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Erik Darling and Kendra Little talk AI, SQL Server 2025, and the Future Is Text Files
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Erik Darling and Kendra Little Rate SQL Server Perf Tuning Techniques
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May 20, 2024 |
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Power BI Performance Tuning with Eugene Meidinger
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Automated Deployments and the Art of the Database with Database Michael J Swart
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Jer and Kendar Explore Optimized Locking
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Advice for Technical Leaders with Alex Robson
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Erik Darling on Performance Tuning
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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What's up with Tech Interviews in 2023? With Jeremiah Peschka.
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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Data Roles: DBA, DBRE, and Data Engineer
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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When NOT to choose SQL Server to store your data
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Down Tools Week 2020
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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3 Things That Shouldn't Be Normal in Database Development
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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Everything I Never Wanted to Know about Collation
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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The Manager's Guide to Git Training for DBAs
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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How Do Developers and DBAs Collaborate in a DevOps World?
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Jun 12, 2019 |
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What a Software Evangelist Does - and Where the Job is Going
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Jan 29, 2019 |
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DBA Jobs: Threats and Opportunities
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Jan 17, 2019 |
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DevOps Terms - and Why They Matter to Database Specialists
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Oct 02, 2018 |
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Employee Agreements & Contracts - Best Practices
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Aug 29, 2018 |
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Employee Agreements & Contracts for DBAs & Developers - Anti-Patterns
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Aug 11, 2018 |
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Remembering Robert Davis, DBA Hero
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Aug 01, 2018 |
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Why Don't You Teach Service Broker?
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Jul 19, 2018 |
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Training Resources for SQL Noobs
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Jun 13, 2018 |
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Dealing With a Lack of Control as a DBA
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May 18, 2018 |
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Do DBAs Need College Degrees?
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May 03, 2018 |
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How Do I Prepare for Certification Exams?
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Apr 23, 2018 |
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I Want to Work for Myself
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Apr 05, 2018 |
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Auto-Tuning and the #1 Mindset Problem I had as a DBA
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Dec 01, 2017 |
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Slowing Down Your Motor Mouth - Presentation Tips for Fast Talkers
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Nov 17, 2017 |
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I Thought I Was An Introvert. Turns Out I Was Anxious as #@*(
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Nov 08, 2017 |
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The Death of SQL Server Service Packs
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Oct 05, 2017 |
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Love and Hate for SSMS
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Sep 28, 2017 |
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How Do I Analyze a SQL Server Execution Plan?
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Sep 22, 2017 |
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Do I Need to Master PowerShell?
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Sep 12, 2017 |
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SQL PASS Summit 2017: Why I'm Excited, and Tips on Attending
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Sep 07, 2017 |
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How Do You Stay Motivated?
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Aug 31, 2017 |
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"I faked my resume... now what?"
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Aug 24, 2017 |
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Interview Advice from the SQL Server Community
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Aug 17, 2017 |
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Interview Patterns and Anti-Patterns
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Aug 08, 2017 |
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Which Queries are Causing my Wait Stats?
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May 25, 2017 |
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Removing Query Hints with Plan Guides
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May 18, 2017 |
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Batch Mode Hacks in SQL Server
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May 11, 2017 |
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Should I Get Certified as a DBA?
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May 04, 2017 |
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How Does a DBA Build Confidence After Making Mistakes?
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Apr 27, 2017 |
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Are Bad Statistics Making My Query Slow?
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Apr 20, 2017 |
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Index Maintenance and Performance
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Apr 13, 2017 |
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Lock Timeouts & Memory
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Apr 06, 2017 |
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Why is my Transaction Log Growing in My Availability Group?
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Mar 30, 2017 |
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When SQL Server Does NOT Use Write Ahead Logging
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Mar 23, 2017 |
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Using a Tail Log Backup in a SQL Server Migration
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Mar 16, 2017 |
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Stack Dumps in SQL Server
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Mar 09, 2017 |
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WAL: The concept that makes recovery models & backups make sense
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Mar 02, 2017 |
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Will the Cloud Eat My DBA Job?
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Feb 23, 2017 |
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Confused by sp_Who2
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Feb 16, 2017 |
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Should I Learn Full-Text Indexing?
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Feb 09, 2017 |
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Index Types: Heaps, Primary Keys, Clustered and Nonclustered Indexes
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Feb 02, 2017 |
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What's that Garbage in my Execution Plan?
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Jan 26, 2017 |
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Why You Should Switch in Staging Tables Instead of Renaming Them
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Jan 19, 2017 |
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Limiting Downtime for Schema Changes in SQL Server
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Dec 15, 2016 |
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Signs Your SQL Server is Running with Scissors
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Dec 01, 2016 |
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Why is My Query Faster on the Second Run?
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Nov 24, 2016 |
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Should I Upgrade to SQL Server 2016?
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Nov 17, 2016 |
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What's Adaptive Query Processing?
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Nov 03, 2016 |
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Where Do You Get Your Creativity? (Dear SQL DBA Episode 20)
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Oct 20, 2016 |
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Should You Rebuild or Reorganize Large Indexes?
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Oct 13, 2016 |
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Can I Use Statistics to Design Indexes?
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Oct 06, 2016 |
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Setting up Free Blocking Alerts and Deadlock Monitoring
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Sep 29, 2016 |
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Which is Worse: an Unused Index, or an Un-Indexed Foreign Key?
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Sep 22, 2016 |
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Finding Your Voice as a Speaker
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Sep 01, 2016 |
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Collect and Baseline Wait Statistics
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Aug 25, 2016 |
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Developer Seeks DBA Career
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Aug 18, 2016 |
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Teach Yourself SQL Server Performance Tuning
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Aug 11, 2016 |
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Altering an INT Column to a BIGINT
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Aug 04, 2016 |
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Should I Automate Windows Updates for SQL Server?
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Jul 28, 2016 |
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Why Upgrades can Cause Performance Regression
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Jul 21, 2016 |
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Max Degree of Confusion
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Jul 14, 2016 |
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How to Level Up Your DBA Career
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Jul 07, 2016 |
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Index Usage Stats Insanity
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Jun 30, 2016 |
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Fail Over, Fail Again, Fail Better - Preparing for Disaster Recovery
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Jun 23, 2016 |
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Outside the Big SAN Box
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Jun 16, 2016 |
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Next Door to Derpton
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Jun 09, 2016 |
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Lost in Performance Troubleshooting
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Jun 02, 2016 |
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Bleeding in Edgevile
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May 25, 2016 |