Azure SQL Database – Stairway Series
Hello all – I am excited to announce that I will be doing a Stairway series on Azure SQL Database hosted...
2018-06-13
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Arun Sirpal
Getting Started with Level 1 of the Stairway to Azure SQL Database
In this first level, learn how to get started with Azure and Azure SQL Database.
2018-06-13
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Linked Server to Azure SQL Database
You may (or may not) have a requirement to setup a linked server to Azure SQL Database from a locally...
2018-06-13 (first published: 2018-06-05)
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Azure SQL Database – The Default Isolation Is?
So what is the default isolation level for Azure SQL Database? I ran the following code to check it out....
2018-05-30
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Azure SQL Database / SQL Server – Paused Index Rebuild
I was creating some demo non-clustered indexes in one of my Azure SQL Databases and received the following warning when...
2018-05-30 (first published: 2018-05-22)
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Extended Events – Using Azure Storage
Last year I wrote about Azure SQL Database extended events (https://blobeater.blog/2017/02/06/using-extended-events-in-azure/) and gave an example where I was capturing deadlocks...
2018-05-21 (first published: 2018-05-08)
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Handy TSQL for Azure SQL Database
I do not always use the Azure portal to make database changes or to check for certain information. I use...
2018-05-14
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Getting my Twitter Data via Azure Logic Apps
As a mini project I wanted to use Azure logic apps to pull tweets from my twitter account when people...
2018-05-02
332 reads
Azure SQL Database – A Copying “Gotcha”
Creating copies of your Azure SQL Database is a common and relatively simple process. You can issue a TSQL statement...
2018-04-24
354 reads
Azure SQL Database vCore
vCore based performance levels are very new, currently in preview and not yet rolled out to all Azure regions (The...
2018-04-24 (first published: 2018-04-16)
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
What does this code return?
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