PASS Summit Code of Conduct – my thoughts
The big furor today is over PASS‘s new written Code of Conduct. I’m going to crib unashamedly from Nic Cain’s blog post...
2012-08-21
1,173 reads
Jen McCown
Webcast: The Art and Science of Handling Recruiters
Post-webcast update: The webcast went well! We talked, we QnA’ed, we gave out a free Roadmap, and all attendees got...
2012-08-21
823 reads
Quick Tip: Accurate Log Shipping Status
Here’s a quick reminder for those of you using log shipping, and checking the SSMS report “Transaction Log Shipping Status”...
2012-08-16
887 reads
Dear #SQLAwesomesauce: Is this idea batsh** crazy?
I’ve been out of town and off the grid – nothing like 10 days of family camping and roadtripping to unwind!...
2012-08-15
867 reads
Notes to a DBA who wishes to know more
I just sent this off to a fellow DBA who wanted some resources. You may also be one of those,...
2012-08-02
988 reads
Bad business practices damage your company, KRG Technology
I just composed and sent this message to eleven members of a single California-based recruitment company. I’ll let the email...
2012-07-31
1,738 reads
A Quick Guide to Expanding Database Files and IFI
This is a topic that’s been well covered, but in the interest of spreading good database practices, here’s a very...
2012-07-26
1,104 reads
Puzzling TVFunctions
I had the opportunity to tune a highly-used function the other day, and was most puzzled by the difference between...
2012-07-17
916 reads
MidnightDBA tutorials and webshow now on iTunes!
We’ve been slacking for way too long, but as of this week our video RSS feed is up to date!...
2012-07-16
697 reads
SQL Cruise! SQL Saturdays! Summit! SQL-SQL-SQL!
We’re drawing to the end of our third season of DBAs@Midnight (our weekly webshow by DBAs, for DBAs), and to the...
2012-07-13
756 reads
Blogs
Restore SQL Server Database to an OrbStack Container
In the previous post, we've built a SQL Server 2025 sandbox in an OrbStack...
Day of Data Baton Rouge Slides and Code
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone for attending my talk today at Day of data Baton Rouge...
Using Claude Code as a Database SRE Agent with the Everpure Fusion MCP Server
Here’s the scenario: one of my SQL Server instances migrated to the DR array....
Forums
PowerBI Question - Data Sources
I don't see a PowerBI forum, so I'm posting here. I have a need...
SQL Server Certificates
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Connect an Azure Function to Azure SQL database Using a Managed Identity
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Connect an Azure Function to...
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SQL Server Certificates
Which of these is not true for certificates used for SQL Server connections?
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