Confusing
As I’ve worked with folks using other database engines, I’ve realized that Microsoft SQL Server has some terminology and handling that is a bit confusing.
Here’s my attempt to clarify...
2021-11-10 (first published: 2021-06-24)
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Taking the Time To Test
Requirements in a constant state of change set you up for failure.
Failure to work through requirements before starting can also increase the risk of failure.
Planning...
2021-04-27 (first published: 2020-04-20)
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First, I’m a big believer in doing infrastructure as code.
Using the AWS SDK with any library is great, but for things like S3 I’d highly recommend you use a...
2021-03-24 (first published: 2021-01-19)
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Simplicity Over Syntactic Sugar
As I’ve been learning Go, I’ve grown to learn that many decisions to simplify the language have removed many features that provide more succinct expressions in...
2021-01-07 (first published: 2020-12-30)
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Source
The source code for this repo is located here:
What This Is
This is a quick overview of some AWS SDK Go work, but not a detailed tutorial.
I’d love feedback from...
2020-12-17 (first published: 2020-12-07)
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Excited. Have a new solution in the works to deploy Ola Hallengren via SSM Automation runbook across all SQL Server instances with full scheduling and synchronization to S3. Hoping...
2020-12-16
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Excited. Have a new solution in the works to deploy Ola Hallengren via SSM Automation runbook across all SQL Server instances with full scheduling and synchronization to S3. Hoping...
2020-12-16
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Where Filtering
I explored a bit on filtering objects with Go for the AWS SDK v1.
Coming from PowerShell, I’m used to a lot of one-liners that do a lot of...
2020-11-26 (first published: 2020-11-17)
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Who Am I Talking To
You use bash or python.
PowerShell seems wordy, extra verbose, and annoying.
It’s a windows thing, you say… why would I even look at it.
Pry bash out...
2020-11-20 (first published: 2020-11-04)
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Intro
OSS 2.0 is a release candidate at this time, so this may change once it’s released.
It wasn’t quite clear to me how to get up and running quickly with...
2020-11-05 (first published: 2020-10-31)
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By Brian Kelley
Following the advice in Smart Brevity improves communication.
By John
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2025, bringing big improvements to its main database engine....
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about what certain items in Redgate Monitor mean. They have...
I have table: t1 in schema1 with 19 billion records. I have another table...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Minimally Viable Security
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Encoding NULL
What is returned from this code in SQL Server 2025?
SELECT BASE64_ENCODE(NULL)See possible answers