Database testing and ETL processes
Unit testing using tSQLt is really great, you call FakeTable on any tables your code touches and then insert the columns and rows your test actually need, nothing more,...
2018-05-01
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Ed Elliott
Making Deployments Simpler with Re-runnable Scripts
Make sure your SQL Server database release scripts to make life easier.
2018-04-20 (first published: 2015-11-17)
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Why didn't my Azure ARM deploy work?
I have been using Octopus to deploy ARM templates for a while now and the default task that comes with...
2018-04-09 (first published: 2018-04-04)
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Interesting Azure ARM "Make it So" behaviour
I had a template that deployed a premium managed disk and a virtual machine. I defined the disk like:
{ "comments": "Managed Disk.", "type": "Microsoft.Compute/disks", "name": "[variables('diskName')]", "apiVersion": "2016-04-30-preview", "location":...
2018-04-05
1 reads
Interesting Azure ARM "Make it So" behaviour
I had a template that deployed a premium managed disk and a virtual machine. I defined the disk like:
{
"comments":...
2018-04-05
313 reads
Interesting Azure ARM "Make it So" behaviour
I had a template that deployed a premium managed disk and a virtual machine. I defined the disk like:
{ "comments":...
2018-04-05
187 reads
Interesting Azure ARM "Make it So" behaviour
I had a template that deployed a premium managed disk and a virtual machine. I defined the disk like:
{ "comments":...
2018-04-05
126 reads
Why didnt my Azure ARM deploy work?
I have been using Octopus to deploy ARM templates for a while now and the default task that comes with Octopus to deploy doesn't have any debugging information enabled...
2018-04-04
5 reads
Why didnt my Azure ARM deploy work?
I have been using Octopus to deploy ARM templates for a while now and the default task that comes with...
2018-04-04
123 reads
Why didnt my Azure ARM deploy work?
I have been using Octopus to deploy ARM templates for a while now and the default task that comes with...
2018-04-04
133 reads
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Multiple Escape Characters
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reaching ftp thru winscp but erroring in ssis ftp task connection
Hi, below i show various results trying to reach our ftp site (a globalscape...
Question of the Day
Multiple Escape Characters
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code (in a database with the appropriate collation):
SELECT UNISTR('%*3041%*308A%*304C%*3068 and good night', '%*') AS 'A Classic';
What is returned? See possible answers