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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Export Azure SQL DB to Storage

After a data migration, we needed to decommission the old Azure SQL DBs, but we wanted to keep a copy in case we needed anything later. Enter exporting an...

2024-07-03 (first published: )

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ERD Your Existing Databases

There are several tools out there to make your life easier by creating an ERD for your existing db. Everything works pretty well when you have a small number...

2024-06-12 (first published: )

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Bicep Your Elastic Jobs

I posted on Terraform and Azure SQL last year but wanted to see what Bicep could do this year. I’m going to test Bicep out with Elastic Jobs. TL;DR—My...

2024-05-22 (first published: )

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Elastic Jobs for Azure SQL DB

I know if you are a SQL Server DBA using Azure SQL DB, you’ve been sorely missing the agent. Enter Elastic Jobs to help you schedule jobs more easily...

2024-04-29 (first published: )

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Azure SQL DB Failover Groups

In today’s fast-paced digital world, keeping your data safe and accessible is more important than ever. That’s where Azure SQL Database steps in, offering a suite of tools to...

2024-04-22 (first published: )

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Blogs

Monday Monitor Tips: Finding the Hostname for Queries

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I was chatting with a customer recently and they wanted to know which host...

Can AI Read Execution Plans?

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Yeah, yeah, second AI post in a row. I promise not to make a...

Streamline Dependency Management in Databases

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In the intricate world of business, where precision and efficiency are paramount, managing database...

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SSIS Won't Create Log Entries

By water490

Hi everyone My SSIS package will not log to sysssislog.  I am not sure...

SQL Server is terminating in response to a 'stop' request from Service error

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Dear All, In one of the server its repeatedly restarting sqlserver services and not...

Understanding CROSS APPLY and OUTER APPLY in SQL Server

By Noman072

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Question of the Day

Database Files on Shares I

I want to store database files on a file share for a SQL Server 2017 instance. Can I use \\fileserver\D$ as a location?

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