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I was working on two publisher contracts at the same time. I highly recommend never doing that. One is done, though, and it’s officially published as of September 2022....
2022-10-27
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I was working on two publisher contracts at the same time. I highly recommend never doing that. One is done, though, and it’s officially published as of September 2022....
2022-10-27
9 reads
I believe that language matters, and that it is worth our effort to move away from language associated with slavery and racism whenever possible. Azure DevOps doesn’t technically allow...
2020-06-26
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I used to make fun of YAML because I was scared of it. I still make fun of YAML, but I’m not scared of it anymore now that Rob...
2020-06-25
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Thanks to the support of Redgate, I’ve launched a new course which teaches you the basics of TSQL. The course is totally free, no logins required — we don’t...
2020-05-11
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I have an idea! Let’s have a “Worst Code Contest.” Why do this? Bad code is really fun — at least, when you write it on purpose. And other...
2020-04-24
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People have been writing about how evil scalar functions are in SQL Server for ten years. But people still use scalar functions in their code all the time. And...
2020-03-24
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We’ve got a session coming up in the free Redgate Streamed virtual conference on, “How database DevOps levels up remote work.” When thinking about that session I began thinking...
2020-03-23
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I’m giving a session on index tuning at the upcoming Redgate Streamed free online conference. The conference will be held April 1-3 2020, register here and join us! I...
2020-03-20
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We’re thrilled to announce Redgate Streamed: a 3 day online virtual community conference, to be held April 1-3, 2020. Register at Redgate.com/RedgateStreamed In this 9 minute livestream, I give...
2020-03-19
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I’m introducing a series of “learner’s guides” — overviews of a given topic, chock full of links and references. For this first post, the information is based on what...
2020-03-19
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By Steve Jones
I was working with a customer and discussing how to do error handling. This...
By DataOnWheels
The 14th annual Ability Summit is a global event that I attended a few...
By Steve Jones
UPDATE: This moved to Apr 9 Join me Tuesday, Apr 9 for a webinar,...
Someone landed a PowerBI mess in my lap, and near as I can tell,...
I want to have a a secondary ready-only database available for reporting, which is...
How does the Resource database in SQL Server 2022 get backed up?
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