Blog Posts

Daily Coping 14 Apr 2021

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

I 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...

2021-04-14

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Modern Data Warehouse & Reverse ETL

• by James-Serra

• James Serra's Blog

An extension to the Modern Data Warehouse (MDW) that I have heard a bit about lately is called “Reverse ETL”. Before I describe what that is, first I wanted...

2021-04-14 (first published: 2021-04-12)

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Running Scripts in Parallel with SQL Multi Script

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

One of the lesser known tools in the Redgate Toolbelt is SQL Multi Script. While few customers used it, those that did loved it, as it solves a problem...

2021-04-14 (first published: 2021-04-05)

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The PowerShell Basics If Statement–#SQLNewBlogger

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. This is a fairly simple construct, but I...

2021-04-14

T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #013: What the business wants

• by Randolph West

• Born SQL with Randolph West

Click here to read previous retrospective entries. From Steve Jones (blog | Twitter) in December 2010 comes the question “What issues have you had in interacting with the business to get your...

2021-04-14

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Become a Contributor to Microsoft Docs

• by Will Assaf

• SQL Tact

Starting this month, I'm leading a talk series with my teammates from the SQL Docs team at Microsoft. In this presentation we lay out just how easy it is,...

2021-04-13 (first published: 2021-04-08)

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Converting a SQL Server Docker image to a WSL2 Distribution

• by Andrew Pruski

• The DBA Who Came In From The Cold

Windows Subsystem for Linux is probably my favourite feature of Windows 10. It gives us the ability to run full blown linux distributions on our Windows 10 desktop. This...

2021-04-13

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Daily Coping 13 Apr 2021

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

I 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...

2021-04-13

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Help Build an Amazing Summit in 2021

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

For a good portion of my career, I’ve been going to the annual Summit in the fall with lots of my fellow SQL Server/Data Platform professionals. I have been...

2021-04-13 (first published: 2021-04-07)

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T-SQL Tuesday #137–Notebook Uses

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

It’s actually my month to host T-SQL Tuesday, and I came up with the notebook idea last year. Aaron Nelson (b | t) sent me a link to a...

2021-04-13

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