I'm speaking at PASS Data Community Summit 2022
Looking forward to speaking in Seattle at next week's PASS Data Community Summit by Redgate. I'll be speaking both as a representative of my role on the Microsoft Database...
2022-11-11
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Will Assaf
A simple lab to demonstrate the danger of NOLOCKs in INSERT statements
The READ UNCOMMITTED isolation level, which the NOLOCK table hint activates, is not to be trusted when it comes to writing data. You are not always protected by error...
2022-09-07 (first published: 2022-08-25)
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SQLSaturday Baton Rouge is back!
Looking forward to jambalaya at #SQLSatBR in THIS SATURDAY! Also looking forward to speaking and seeing all of you there, I guess... Register today: https://sqlsaturday.com/2022-08-06-sqlsaturday1026/After I stepped down from the...
2022-08-02 (first published: 2022-08-01)
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Speaking on Ethics in Modern Data at Improving Edge 2022
Christine and I are looking forward to speaking at the Improving Edge conference, co-presenting our session on Monday, June 6th. Our presentation on “Ethics in Modern Data” features topics relevant...
2022-06-03
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SQL Server linked server to .xlsx Excel files
A question came up recently concerning whether it was still possible to connect to .xlsx Excel files as SQL Server linked servers.
Short answer: Yes, it's possible as recently as...
2021-11-26 (first published: 2021-11-05)
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Ethics in Modern Data at Music City Tech 2021
On Sept 16, Christine and I presented our joint presentation on Ethics in Modern Data at the Music City Tech 2021 Virtual Conference. Thanks for joining our presentation!
This session explores a...
2021-09-16
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Ethics in Modern Data this Saturday with the South Florida Data Geeks
This Saturday Aug 7, Christine and I will present our joint presentation on Ethics in Modern Data.
This session will explore a variety of considerations that modern data scientists and...
2021-08-03
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Ethics in Modern Data at the Baton Rouge Analytics and Intelligence Network (BRAIN)
On July 27, Christine and I will present our joint presentation on Ethics in Modern Data. Looking forward to speaking at yet another technical user community looking to jumpstart...
2021-07-27
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Speaking at Data ANZ 2021
Looking forward to speaking at Data ANZ 2021 this weekend. Data ANZ "is the data community event for the whole of Australia and New Zealand (and the world)"!
I'll be presenting...
2021-06-24
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SQL Server Admin Best Practices with DMVs at GroupBy Americas 2021
On Tuesday I'm looking forward to presenting again at GroupBy Americas on a topic that was voted on by the attending public. This presentation "SQL Server Admin Best Practices...
2021-05-24
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Blogs
A New Word: the standard blues
By Steve Jones
the standard blues– n. the dispiriting awareness that the twists and turns of your...
How Redgate Flyway Can Boost Your DevOps Journey
By Chris Yates
A brief introduction to the tool and its advantages for database migrations DevOps is...
Building a Docker image with Docker Build Cloud
In a previous blog post we went through how to build a Docker container...
Forums
client_app_name is empty in Extended Events output but present in sp_who2
I'm tracing activity on one database and would like to include the client_app_name in...
How to compare data in customer table with other customers to find related cust
select Custno, Addr1, City, Res_Phone, Bus_Phone, Fax_Phone, Marine_Phone, Pager_Phone, Other_Phone, email1, email2 from customer...
process records in loop
I'm only processing 50,000 records not everything from the Table where there are 250,00...
Question of the Day
The Marked Transaction
I want to mark a transaction in the log as a recovery point. How do I do this in my code if I use the transaction, myTran?
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