Reading an dataset in R

I got a dataset file the other day with an .rds extension. I had never seen this, but with a quick Google, I figured out this was a dataset...

Social: A Small Step to Address Poor Past Behavior

Tl;Dr – This is about changing your main branch in git to main. However, please read and think about what I am saying here. When I started working with...

The Social Impact of Data

Let the data drive your decisions. This has been something of a mantra for many technical people, and even many business people, across the last twenty or so years. The allure of business intelligence is harnessing lots of data to make decisions that are rooted in some rational analysis of what has happened. Many companies […]

A Byte of Redgate–Bonus Queso Recipe

As part of the Community Circle effort at Redgate, we’ve released a cookbook: A Byte of Redgate. You can read about the story in this blog, and it was...

Daily Coping 5 June 2020

I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

Database Extended Properties

Stress Testing

It seems that one area many DBAs don't have much knowledge in is testing hardware.

Daily Coping 4 Jun 2020

I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

Do You Think About CheckDB?

Running checkdb is part of ensuring your database health and data integrity. Steve notes that you might want to review that you have the best strategy for your organization.

An All Star Lineup for EightKB

An online conference is coming on June 17, 2020 that is full of high level content. It’s the type of event that I think contains information relatively few people...