hellosqlkitty

Josephine Bush is a Data Platform MVP and has over 10 years of experience as a Database Administrator. Her experience is extensive and broad-based, including in financial, business, and energy data sectors using SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, and PostgreSQL along with Azure and AWS. She is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert: Data Management and Analytics. She holds a BS in Information Technology, an MBA in IT Management, and an MS in Data Analytics. She presents at SQL conferences and user groups around the world. She is the leader of the Boulder SQL user group. She blogs on sqlkitty.com and you can reach her on Twitter @hellosqlkitty.

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Query multiple Azure SQL Databases

I was sick of changing context in Azure Data Studio while cleaning up things discovered in our vulnerability assessments. Changing things via PowerShell I wanted to be cautious with...

2025-05-19 (first published: )

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Using Cron in Postgres Flex

pg_cron is a simple cron-based job scheduler for PostgreSQL that runs inside the database as an extension. It allows you to schedule PostgreSQL commands directly from your database, similar...

2025-05-19 (first published: )

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Azure Vulnerability Assessments

Regarding managing databases in the cloud, security should never be an afterthought. That’s where Azure Vulnerability Assessments, officially named Microsoft Defender, come in—they help you spot weak spots in...

2025-05-14 (first published: )

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Why use XACT_ABORT?

This came up one day at my work when a developer was using it. I hadn’t used it before and thought I’d better check it out. It’s off by...

2025-04-28 (first published: )

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Using SQLFluff

I thought I didn’t care about linting, and lately, I haven’t written a lot of SQL, but for the SQL I do write, I have SQLFluff to help me...

2025-03-18

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Drop roles in Postgres

You can’t just exec DROP ROLE your_role_name; if it’s granted perms or other roles are granted to it. I had to go fishing to find all the grants to...

2025-02-12 (first published: )

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Blogs

Do Yourself a Favor, Check Out Woodler

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I recently was privileged to speak at SQLDay in Wroclaw Poland… man, I love...

Vertically scaling SQL Server online in Kubernetes

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One of the new features in Kubernetes v1.33 is the ability to resize CPU...

Stack Overflow & AI

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Forums

What’s the Difference Between AWS RDS and DynamoDB?

By pratikhole

When comparing AWS RDS and DynamoDB, the core difference lies in structure and use...

Analyzing Tempdb Spills and Usage Across Recursive Queries

By shukla.chandan12

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Creating a new API in Data API Builder

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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Question of the Day

Creating a new API in Data API Builder

If I run "dab init" to create a new API over a database, what parameters are required?

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