Today and tomorrow, as I write this, the Green Country Hamfest will be running up in Claremore, OK. Tomorrow morning, I'll be there to check out the tables and maybe pick up some new radio gear. I'll also be volunteering to help run the doors. Largely it involves just checking to be sure people paid […]
2023-04-08
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At the most recent SQL Bits, I gave two 20 minute sessions. I also gave one last year. There is a little bit of controversy around these (nothing real,...
2023-03-20
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Your mission, if you chose to accept it, was to share a single tip/hint/fact/something that you wish you’d known about PostgreSQL when you were just getting started learning it....
2023-03-17 (first published: 2023-03-06)
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Did you know that you can restore AWS RDS databases to a SQL Server 2022 instance running locally using native backup and restore? Well you can. Let’s talk about...
2023-03-13
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I honestly enjoy writing editorials. Something pops into my tiny brain next to something else, and I'm off. However, today, as I started to write on the topic of learning, I suddenly felt like I had just written this same editorial. I go and look, sure enough, several of my recent editorials have been on […]
2023-03-12 (first published: 2023-03-11)
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Last week I posted the results from using Extended Events to snoop on what happens inside an AWS RDS database. This week, I’m taking a look at what happens...
2023-03-06 (first published: 2023-02-27)
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Well, for those who don’t know me, I’m just barely started on my PostgreSQL journey. So, what the heck can I contribute to this conversation? Not much, but I...
2023-03-03
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I will not even attempt to hide it, I’m very much in the learning phase of my PostgreSQL journey. As such, I’m constantly picking up new facts. However, I’m...
2023-02-24
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Microsoft supplies quite a few knobs to control how Query Store performs data cleanup. You can set your cleanup various ways, and, they interact. Let’s talk about how and...
2023-02-22 (first published: 2023-02-06)
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I was talking with some developers from my team about monitoring, and I said, “We all use the same tools,” referring to other monitoring software. Then, it hit me....
2023-02-21
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By Arun Sirpal
Every DBA has a box like this. Sitting untouched for months. Nobody’s proud of...
In all recent versions of the database you can call DBMS_UTILITY.EXPAND_SQL_TEXT to get the...
By Steve Jones
I type fairly well. Well, I type fast, but I do wear out a...
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