Videos

At https://pollgab.com/room/brento, post the questions you’d like to get my opinion on, and I’ll take a break every now and then at the office and go through ’em. Office Hours: Lots of Great SQL Server QuestionsWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we covered in this episode: 00:00 Start 01:08 #ARRRRRGH: Hi Brent. Have you…

I can finally see the finish line in my backyard renovation, now that the concrete’s going in. I took a break from watching the construction folks to go through your highly upvoted questions at https://pollgab.com/room/brento: Office Hours: Ask Me Anything About SQL ServerWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start 02:03 Fabricator:…

I start today’s Office Hours by playing with the very underwhelming Github Copilot in ADS, then take your questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento. Office Hours: Github Copilot in Azure Data StudioWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start 04:06 Github Copilot in Azure Data Studio 24:36 Byron: Seeing plan cache queries for a long…

It’s back to lighter fog-friendly clothes as the ship pulls into San Francisco and I answer your questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento. Office Hours: Almost Back in San FranciscoWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we discussed: 00:00 Start 01:16 Pozzolan: Hey Brent, My companies budget for SQL licensing is small. In such situations, does it make…

I stopped piloting the ship long enough to answer your top-voted database questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento. Office Hours At Sea: Leaving JuneauWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start 00:42 Dirty_Pages: You mentioned recently how much you swear, what is your favorite swear word(s) and why? Any favorite insults? 02:38 SQLCircus.Clown: What is…

Thankfully, we didn’t hit any icebergs or glacier droppings, so I put my comfiest coat on to answer your top-voted questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento. Office Hours: Glacier Bay, AlaskaWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we discussed: 00:00 Start 01:29 gb DBA: Hi Brent, I have over 200 threads with BROKER_RECEIVE_WAITFOR type when I execute sp_whoisactive…

En route from San Francisco to Juneau aboard the Ruby Princess, I stopped to hit a few of your questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento. Office Hours At Sea: Database Q&AWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start 00:46 DBACAT: Hi Brent, what statistics impact occurs when a transaction is rolled back? The query’s exec…

Y’all post questions at https://pollgab.com/room/brento, and I go through the top-voted ones on my Twitch channel streams. Office Hours: Q&A on SQL Server and Azure SQL DBWatch this video on YouTube   Here’s what we covered today: 00:00 Start 01:56 Manoj: Where do you see artificial intelligence having the most impact on DBA’s? 03:25 It’s…

A lot of today’s questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento have a common theme, but it’s just a coincidence: Office Hours: Writing Presentations, Career AdviceWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start 07:40 Maciej: Hi Brent, when you are working on the course/training how do you know that the current version is “good enough”? I…

It’s a long one, folks! I went through almost 30 of your questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento to get your learn on: Office Hours: 45 Minutes of Fun and AnswersWatch this video on YouTube   Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start 00:30 Jr Wannabe DBA: Hi Brent, recently you talked about linters; do you recommend any for…

I tested the April release of the FRK, then answered your questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento. Office Hours: Testing the First Responder KitWatch this video on YouTube   Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start 28:37 Make_a_car_and_call_it_a_Brentley: Hi Brent, thanks for everything you do for the community. I was wondering on your opinion on using RegEx within a…

You post questions at https://pollgab.com/room/brento and upvote the ones you’d like to see, and my job is to come up with accurate answers on the fly. Let’s see how I did. Office Hours: Ask Me Anything About SQL ServerWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we discussed: 00:00 Start 03:25 SickOf: Brent is there a…

This one’s broken up into two parts because I took a bio break mid-stream: Office Hours: Compilations, TVPs, Licensing, and MoreWatch this video on YouTube 00:00 Start 03:04 Clippy: Hey Brent, you are the best!!! Can you share us more about your roots? What’s the origin of your family name and where does it comes…

HONK HONK! It’s time for a fast round of answers to concise questions y’all posted and upvoted at https://pollgab.com/room/brento. Office Hours Speed Round: 21 Answers in 15 MinutesWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start 00:19 TheyBlameMe: Hi Brent. What is your view on using Dacpac diffs vs “old style” manual update…

Post your questions at https://pollgab.com/room/brento and upvote the ones you’d like to see me answer. Office Hours: Ask Me Anything About Azure SQL DB and Microsoft SQL ServerWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we discussed today: 00:00 Start 01:40 prasad: Hi Brent, I want to become a full fledged database architect. I have been…

It was a dark and stormy morning, on the last day of my Panama Canal cruise. Before I perished, I sat down to answer your top-voted questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento. Office Hours: Ask Me Anything at SeaWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we covered: > 00:00 Start 00:36 ClippyTheDBA: Hi Brent. How you keep up-to-date…

Off the coast of Costa Rica, I went through your top-voted questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento. Office Hours: Ask Me Anything in Costa RicaWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start 00:30 gotqn: In SQL Database we have “sp_invoke_external_rest_endpoint”, but in SQL Server 2022 still have not. Is using SQL Server Machine Learning (sp_execute_external_script)…

Before heading out to Old Town for sightseeing, I went through your top-voted questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento. Office Hours: Cartagena, ColombiaWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start 00:44 Haydar: Is there a good way to suppress part of TSQL batch from showing the query plan in SSMS but having the rest of…