Microsoft MVP #2
It is always a dark art trying to suss out why he/she is an MVP? Do they deserve it? What does it take? Why can’t I get it? The...
2019-07-05
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It is always a dark art trying to suss out why he/she is an MVP? Do they deserve it? What does it take? Why can’t I get it? The...
2019-07-05
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Using Graph DB is a good way to show relationships between entities (more specifically a vertex and edges). This is why you would use this approach over classic SQL...
2019-06-24
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I had a good question from JP via a comment on my blog about whether you can use the MAXDOP query hint in Azure SQL Database. The answer? Yes....
2019-06-24
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Let’s use the Azure portal to build a globally distributed Cosmos DB. Before doing this, why would you ? what are the benefits? Regional based. By this I mean...
2019-06-18
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Technically you do not have to create a cosmos DB and incur costs to test cosmos DB based applications, you could use the local emulator. This means that you...
2019-06-11
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Cosmos DB falls into the “NoSQL” technology group, call it a buzz word if you like but it is very different to classic Relational Databases such as SQL Server....
2019-06-10
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Quite simply the objective as follows: Move data from Azure SQL Database to Azure SQL DW via Azure Data Factory v2 (ADF). Overview Before I begin, what exactly is...
2019-05-22
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Quite a significant change has taken place within the Azure SQL Database space, more specifically the development of Azure SQL Database Serverless. Currently in preview mode this “compute” tier changes...
2019-05-14
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Before writing about pausing (and resuming) Azure SQL Data Warehouse (DW) it makes sense to discuss the architecture of this product. At a high level it involves a control...
2019-05-07
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A quick 2 minute upload (with sound, my voice) showing you how easy it is to create an Azure SQL Database using the Azure portal and then using SSMS...
2019-04-23
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By Steve Jones
Thanks for attending my sessions. Resources below: Slides: Using Data API Builder GitHub repo: ...
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone that attended my sessions at VS Live San Diego yesterday. It...
By Steve Jones
I was creating a question on sp_readerrorlog and realized that this procedure is different...
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I run this code on SQL Server 2022.
CREATE TABLE Drink
(
drinkid INT NOT NULL
CONSTRAINT DrinkPK PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,
drinkname VARCHAR(20),
rating NUMERIC(2, 1)
)
GO
INSERT INTO Drink
(
drinkid,
drinkname,
rating
)
VALUES
(1, 'Margarita', 4.5),
(2, 'Mojito', 4.3),
(3, 'Old Fashioned', 4.7),
(4, 'Martini', 4.4),
(5, 'Cosmopolitan', 4.2)
GO
ALTER INDEX drinkpk ON dbo.drink DISABLE
GO
SELECT * FROM dbo.Drink
GO
What is the result? See possible answers