A New Word: the Kinder Surprise

the kinder surprise – . the point in your early adolescence when you realize that your parents are muddling through their lives the same as you; that many respectable...

Get a Range of Sequence Values: #SQLNewBlogger

I discovered a procedure recently that I wasn’t aware of: sp_sequence_get_range. This post looks at how the proc works. Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves...

SSoL Support on the OS

There's Too Much to Learn

Steve has thoughts about those of us struggling to keep up with technology changes.

A Cloud Dependency Failure from Amazon

I went to sleep while reading a Kindle book on my phone. I know because my hand dropped and the phone knocked me in the forehead. I set it...

Creating a JSON Document III

The Dangers of Dependencies

Single points of failure are bad, but what if an employee's action is the single point of failure for access to services? That would be a bad day for any organization.

May the Fourth Be With You Fun

Monday Monitor Tips: Oracle Custom Metrics

One of the popular features of Redgate Monitor has been the ability to add custom mertics for various purposes. This has been popular, and along with our curated list...

Who is Using CAGs?

Steve wants to know how many of you are using Contained Availability Groups.