Create dynamic agenda slides with PowerPoint Zoom
There was a time when I saw PowerPoint as a necessary evil – a way of conveying ideas that I wasn’t crazy about, but which worked. These days, my...
2018-11-26
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Join me for an upcoming webinar, “Data Masking: Insights & Actions”
There has never been a better time to start a project to champion data privacy In a recent Harris poll sponsored by the payment company Stripe, over 1,000 C-level...
2018-11-21
Watch: Getting executive buy in for DevOps – 3 top tips (video)
DevOps is the way of the future – but not all executives understand that yet DevOps practices are powerful tools to build productive, engaged teams who constantly learn and...
2018-11-19
Fix My Functions: Speeding Up Scalar and Table Valued UDFs (video)
Last week, I was lucky enough to present on the topic of TSQL User Defined Functions (UDFs) in SQL Server at the PASS Summit. My session was live-streamed, and...
2018-11-14
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PASS Summit 2018 – Keynote Day 2 Commentary
It’s the second main-session day of the Summit for the Professional Association of SQL Server. I had a great breakfast this morning with Brent Ozar, along with Nathan and...
2018-11-08
PASS Summit 2018 – Day 1 Keynote Announcements
Good morning from Seattle, at the Summit for the Professional Association of SQL Server. I’m lucky enough to be sitting at the blogger table this morning, watching the keynote...
2018-11-07
Register for my upcoming session on digital transformation
I’m excited to have a session accepted to GroupBy, a free online conference targeting the Microsoft data platform community. The conference is sponsored by Brent Ozar Unlimited, and sessions...
2018-11-02
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Watch: The single question to predict success for DevOps (31 minutes)
What if you could assess the performance level of your team by asking one simple question? In his recent webinar with Redgate, Gene Kim (@realgenekim) suggests that you can....
2018-11-02
Interviewing for your first tech job – slides
I was lucky to get an opportunity to present a session to some college students at Seminole State College in Florida last week. I was in town for SQL...
2018-10-08
DevOps Terms – and Why They Matter to Database Specialists
In this 20 minute session, I define scrum, continuous deployment, test driven development, DevOps, and related concepts. I close with a quick discussion of why Database Administrators and Developers...
2018-10-04
Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Customer Quotes
By Steve Jones
Many organizations list customer testimonials and quotes on their websites or literature. It makes...
Using Cron in Postgres Flex
pg_cron is a simple cron-based job scheduler for PostgreSQL that runs inside the database...
Can I Change a Primary Key Value? #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I heard someone say recently that you can’t change a primary key value in...
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Parse XML data from SQL table using temp tables and variables
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Question of the Day
Multiple Collations
Can I have a collation expression like this in SQL Server 2022?
... WHERE ColumnA = ( 'abc' COLLATE French_CI_AS) COLLATE French_CS_AS ...See possible answers