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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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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Using SQL Elastic Pools

We use SQL elastic pools at work. I needed to learn more about their nuances and help you with some of their challenges. Setting Up Elastic Pools Here‘s some...

2024-04-05 (first published: )

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Blogs

Understanding Fabric Ontology

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What problem is Fabric Ontology trying to solve? For years, most data conversations have...

QUOTENAME Basics: #SQLNewBlogger

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Recently I ran across some code that used a lot of QUOTENAME() calls. A...

When growing companies outgrow Excel

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There are some telltale signs that your growing business has outgrown Excel for your...

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Stairway to Reliable Database Deployment Level 3 – Rehearsing Changesets Across Environments

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QUOTENAME Quote Parameters

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Limit the Blast Radius

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QUOTENAME Quote Parameters

When I use QUOTENAME(), I can optionally provide the character used to surround the string in the result. Can I use any character?

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