Bash: “command not found” in IF statement
This blog post is about a situation where writing an IF THEN ELSE statement with variables fails with something like ./scalePREPROD.sh: line 26: [[1: command not found This was...
2021-01-23
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This blog post is about a situation where writing an IF THEN ELSE statement with variables fails with something like ./scalePREPROD.sh: line 26: [[1: command not found This was...
2021-01-23
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When I was appointed to serve as a Director at Large for the PASS Organization a year ago, it was with great passion, excitement and enthusiasm. I had some...
2020-12-08
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At the recent PASS Virtual Summit I and the other candidates took part in a Ask Me Anything (AMA) session – where the community posed us questions. It was...
2020-11-24 (first published: 2020-11-16)
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This blog post lists the reasons why I felt the need to run for a 2 year term.
2020-10-29 (first published: 2020-10-27)
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This blog post will be a series on the Azure Platform and some things we can use it for. Background: I run a consultancy company – and sometimes I...
2020-06-22 (first published: 2020-06-06)
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This is another blog post in the series of how to #MakeStuffGo in Azure. Background: I am working on a client project that requires containerised applications – so we...
2020-06-07
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This is another blog post in the series of how to #MakeStuffGo in Azure. Background: I have some code on my Mac. I need to put it into an...
2020-06-07
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This article is about my own experiences in making my user group and community events more inclusive for people from diverse backgrounds. I am going to use growing my...
2020-04-10 (first published: 2020-03-31)
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Welcome to the first April edition of T-SQL Tuesday. I’m honoured to be hosting it and have picked a topic that is near and dear to me. If you...
2020-04-07
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The annual PASSion Award is the highest accolade given to a PASS volunteer. Presented during the annual PASS Summit conference, this award recognizes an individual’s exemplary service and commitment...
2020-04-01
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Here’s a way to centralize management, rotate secrets conveniently without downtime, automate synchronization and...
This may or may not be helpful in the long term, but since I’m...
By Steve Jones
“I’m sick of hearing about Red Gate.” The first article in the book has...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Dynamic T-SQL Script Parameterization Using...
I have read that the collation at the instance level cannot be changed. I...
hi our on prem STD implementation of SSAS currently occupies about 3.6 gig of...
In SQL Server 2022, I run this code:
CREATE SEQUENCE myseqtest START WITH 1 INCREMENT BY 1; GO CREATE TABLE NewMonthSales (SaleID INT , SecondID int , saleyear INT , salemonth TINYINT , currSales NUMERIC(10, 2)); GO INSERT dbo.NewMonthSales (SaleID, SecondID, saleyear, salemonth, currSales) SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR myseqtest , NEXT VALUE FOR myseqtest , ms.saleyear , ms.salemonth , ms.currMonthSales FROM dbo.MonthSales AS ms; GO SELECT * FROM dbo.NewMonthSales AS nmsAssume the dbo.MonthSales table exists. If I run this, what happens? See possible answers