DROP IF EXISTS
It’s amazing the things that SQL can do these days. It’s also amazing how many of them I’ve managed to ... Continue reading
2020-03-23
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Kenneth Fisher
There needs to be a win
A while back a company I worked for had two teams. One was a development team and the other was ... Continue reading
2020-03-19
110 reads
Change the size of the grid results view in SSMS
After my post last month about configuring your tools I’ve been on a make my life easier kick and one ... Continue reading
2020-03-13 (first published: 2020-03-04)
2,692 reads
SQL Homework – March 2020 – Database Configurations.
A little while back we tried configuring the instance. Sometimes though, instance settings are a bit heavy handed, so this ... Continue reading
2020-03-05 (first published: 2020-03-02)
466 reads
Stop #AzureDataStudio from opening a connection screen on startup
When I’m working with a tool I like a clean startup. And by that I mean don’t automatically open anything. ... Continue reading
2020-03-03 (first published: 2020-02-24)
158 reads
Set a variable and update a column at the same time.
The other day I saw a weird option for the UPDATE command in a stack overflow answer. Basically it looked ... Continue reading
2020-03-02 (first published: 2020-02-19)
1,888 reads
DBA, a job, a vital job
DBA, a job, a vital job. T-SQL a language that is fun. Select, a query to get some data. From, ... Continue reading
2020-02-26
25 reads
#PowershellBasics: Run a file and pass it a parameter.
I realized in my last #PowershellBasics post that I was talking about running a file and passing in an optional ... Continue reading
2020-02-25 (first published: 2020-02-17)
552 reads
Configure your tools : T-SQL Tuesday #123
Happy T-SQL Tuesday! Thanks for hosting this month Jess Pomfret (blog|twitter) and great topic. Life Hacks. There is one thing ... Continue reading
2020-02-18 (first published: 2020-02-11)
643 reads
Is it really that hard to be polite, kind and respectful of those around you?
I dislike the term Politically Correct. Not because the original idea of it is a bad one, but it’s been ... Continue reading
2020-02-13
64 reads
Blogs
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By Steve Jones
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Overcoming Challenges: Navigating Common Pitfalls in FinOps Adoption
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Working in DevOps, I’ve seen FinOps do amazing things for cloud cost control, but...
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Analysis Services Model w/ Direct Query and (Default Veritpaq)
Analysis Services (either the integrated workspace in Power BI or on a SQL Server)...
Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences IV
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can be used with numeric and decimal data types?
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