Comments for Every Byte Counts https://sqlbek.wordpress.com Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:06:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Announcing Data Saturday Chicago 2026!! by Data Saturday Chicago – One Month Away! | Every Byte Counts https://sqlbek.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/announcing-data-saturday-chicago-2026/comment-page-1/#comment-16259 Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:06:23 +0000 http://sqlbek.wordpress.com/?p=1391#comment-16259 […] been a hot minute since we (the organizing team) announced Data Saturday Chicago, and I can’t believe it’s a month […]

]]> Comment on Rapidly Recovering from SQL Server Data Mishaps with FlashArray Snapshots by Taking Snapshots of Databases on VMFS Datastores | Every Byte Counts https://sqlbek.wordpress.com/2024/12/16/rapidly-recovering-from-sql-server-data-mishaps-with-flasharray-snapshots/comment-page-1/#comment-16257 Thu, 08 Jan 2026 22:07:55 +0000 http://sqlbek.wordpress.com/?p=1128#comment-16257 […] storage based snapshots on Pure Storage, against SQL Server databases, to do cool things like orchestrate object level restores. And we have a number of example scripts published out on our Github, that you can use as building […]

]]> Comment on Re-Thinking What We’ve Known About Storage by Taking Snapshots of Databases on VMFS Datastores | Every Byte Counts https://sqlbek.wordpress.com/2023/02/22/re-thinking-what-weve-known-about-storage/comment-page-1/#comment-16256 Thu, 08 Jan 2026 22:07:52 +0000 http://sqlbek.wordpress.com/?p=782#comment-16256 […] now and then, I’ve talked about how one can leverage storage based snapshots on Pure Storage, against SQL Server databases, to do cool things like orchestrate object level […]

]]> Comment on T-SQL Tuesday #193: What I Wish I Knew Back When… by T-SQL Tuesday #193 - Notes To Ourselves - SQL Server Consulting - Straight Path Solutions https://sqlbek.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/t-sql-tuesday-193-what-i-wish-i-knew-back-when/comment-page-1/#comment-16255 Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:25:33 +0000 http://sqlbek.wordpress.com/?p=1490#comment-16255 […] and it’s how we become more valuable to our clients and to the data we serve. THANK YOU. Go read his post NOW. (And then reach out to me – once you can do that consistently – you are a consultant […]

]]> Comment on Practical AI in SQL Server 2025: Ollama Quick Start by Setting Up Ollama for SQL Server 2025: A Guide - John Deardurff https://sqlbek.wordpress.com/2025/05/19/ollama-quick-start/comment-page-1/#comment-16254 Wed, 31 Dec 2025 01:14:24 +0000 http://sqlbek.wordpress.com/?p=1296#comment-16254 […] Andy Yun: Practical AI in SQL Server 2025: Ollama Quick Start […]

]]> Comment on SQL Server 2025 – Love for Standard Edition by SQL Server 2025 Now GA – Curated SQL https://sqlbek.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/sql-server-2025-love-for-standard-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-16252 Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:00:08 +0000 http://sqlbek.wordpress.com/?p=1483#comment-16252 […] Andy Yun is pleased that Standard Edition just got a lot more powerful: […]

]]> Comment on T-SQL Tuesday #192: SQL Server 2025!!! by The Roundup for T-SQL Tuesday #192 | Voice of the DBA https://sqlbek.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/t-sql-tuesday-192-sql-server-2025/comment-page-1/#comment-16251 Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:41:18 +0000 http://sqlbek.wordpress.com/?p=1478#comment-16251 […] Andy has written on a few AI things in SQL Server 2025, so I expected more. However, I got an AG enhancement I wasn’t aware of that is coming. […]

]]> Comment on TIL: How to Add Commas to Numeric Output by Andy (@SQLBek) https://sqlbek.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/til-how-to-add-commas-to-numeric-output/comment-page-1/#comment-16250 Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:21:41 +0000 http://sqlbek.wordpress.com/?p=1452#comment-16250 In reply to sureshkurapati.

Yes, because the output of FORMAT() is NVARCHAR. Good call out.

]]> Comment on TIL: How to Add Commas to Numeric Output by sureshkurapati https://sqlbek.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/til-how-to-add-commas-to-numeric-output/comment-page-1/#comment-16249 Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:14:27 +0000 http://sqlbek.wordpress.com/?p=1452#comment-16249 Thanks for the great tip . Very helpful.
One gotcha that I happened to notice when testing it out was, if u data is to be sorted on that formatted numeric output column , output gets messed up .

]]> Comment on TIL: How to Add Commas to Numeric Output by Adding Commas to Numeric Output in SQL Server – Curated SQL https://sqlbek.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/til-how-to-add-commas-to-numeric-output/comment-page-1/#comment-16248 Mon, 27 Oct 2025 12:00:10 +0000 http://sqlbek.wordpress.com/?p=1452#comment-16248 […] Andy Yun is speaking my language: […]

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