Erik Darling and Kendra Little Talk AI, Databases, and SQL Server 2025
Erik Darling joins me on the Dear SQL DBA Podcast to chat about AI tools, why they work better for Python and PowerShell than SQL, and what’s β¦
Read MoreI’m giving a webinar tomorrow! (Do people still use the word webinar? Was that just incredibly uncool?)

There’s still spots open, so register today. Here’s a drawing from my slide deck and what I’ll be talking about.
βPeople are complaining about query timeouts. I donβt see anything happening in SQL Server, but they always say the database is the problem. How can I tell whatβs really going on?β
When your users keep hitting timeouts in their application, they naturally think the database is killing off helpless queries. In this webinar Kendra Little will tell you how to triage treacherous timeout situations and collect hard evidence about whether or not the problem is in the database. Do the right detective work and you can turn your frustrated users and irate developers into raving fans.
This session will be 200-level β you should have familiarity with OLTP concepts and understand what DMVs and Profiler are, but you donβt have to be an expert with them.
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