Database DevOps – Where do I start?
By now you have most likely heard the term DevOps and you are most likely working for a company that has implemented DevOps is some manner, that could be...
2020-07-29 (first published: 2020-07-17)
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By now you have most likely heard the term DevOps and you are most likely working for a company that has implemented DevOps is some manner, that could be...
2020-07-29 (first published: 2020-07-17)
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One of the concepts in Snowflake that I find many struggle with is how constraints are handled. If you come from a traditional database platform such as Microsoft SQL...
2020-07-21 (first published: 2020-07-08)
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How many times have you been afraid to hear “No”? We have all been there because we have been trained over the years to perceive “No” as a rejection,...
2020-07-17 (first published: 2020-07-08)
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We have all done it, get some sort of cryptic error and the first place we go to search is Google hoping the sea of message boards and blog...
2020-03-23 (first published: 2020-03-14)
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Day 2 was my opportunity to be focused and dive into a few technologies that were really peaking my interest, namely Azure Synapse Analytics and SQL Server 2019. Since...
2019-11-13 (first published: 2019-11-06)
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What an amazing first day at Microsoft Ignite that all started at about 6:30 this morning when I got in line to be one of the first 3000...
2019-11-05
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Alex Yates (b | t) is hosting this month’s T-SQL Tuesday (the 119th edition) with asking us to write about something in our IT career that we have changes our minds...
2019-10-15 (first published: 2019-10-09)
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The two most costly human capital expenses an organization will have is the onboarding and offboarding of staff. Just take a moment to think about that and if your...
2019-06-26 (first published: 2019-06-12)
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Back with a new focus First let me say wow can’t believe that it has been almost 3 years since I have blogged. The last few years my career...
2019-06-16
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One of the most challenging aspects of being a good leader is building a team that can support the initiatives you will set forth. Without a team that will...
2019-06-14 (first published: 2019-05-28)
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By Steve Jones
vicarous – adj. curious to know what someone else would do if they were...
Say we have a database that we want to migrate a copy of into...
We are trying to get apps and users off of using SQL accounts to...
Hi I have this view to check if a job is running: SELECT...
All, if you are like me and do not care for the built-in color...
Certain internal SQL Server actions cause internal checkpoints. Which of these actions does not cause an internal checkpoint?
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