Kevin3NF

Kevin Hill is a career SQL Server DBA living in Dallas, TX. His specialities include HA/DR, Best Practice configuration, Performance tuning and teaching new and accidental DBAs
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Data BIts – Episode 3 – Ginger Grant

Trainer and Consultant extraordinaire Ginger Grant stops by to talk Machine Learning, Data Bricks, Certifications, Norwegian pastries and proper chocolate frosting Find Ginger at Desert Isle SQL or on Twitter
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2020-04-01 (first published: )

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SQL Server HADR overview

My Pluralsight course for new SQL Server DBAs Image credit to Jeff (t) Back in June of 2019, I published this YouTube video covering the highlights of the various...

2020-03-25

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SQL Server Identity Skipping

My Pluralsight course for new SQL Server DBAs SQL Server may skip 1000 numbers on an Identity column if the server crashes. Here’s why: Too long, didn’t watch version:...

2020-02-04

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Modify Power BI page visibility and active status with Semantic Link Labs

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Setting page visibility and the active page are often overlooked last steps when publishing...

T-SQL Tuesday #190–Mastering a New Technical Skill

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It’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again and this time Todd Kleinhans has a great...

Getting Started with the MSSQL AI Agent in VS Code

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Recently I was working in VS Code and I saw a walkthrough for the...

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Azure elastic query credential question

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I am trying to check out elastic query between two test instances we have...

Change Tracking Data Retention Options

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Requiring Technical Debt Payments

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Question of the Day

Change Tracking Data Retention Options

If I am running this code:

ALTER DATABASE AdventureWorks2017 SET CHANGE_TRACKING = ON (CHANGE_RETENTION=4 xxx);
What are the possible choices for xxx?

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