Blog Posts

ASF 029: Tomaz Kastrun interview

• by Kamil

• SQL Player Blog

Introduction Tomaž Kastrun is BI & DEV developer, data analyst & data science. With more than 15 years of experiences in the field of databases, business warehouses and development,...

2020-02-28

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Being a Woman in the SQL Community

• by Monica Rathbun

• SQLEspresso

In celebration of Women’s History Month starting next week, I was asked to write this blog about my experiences as a woman in the SQL Community, and it really...

2020-02-28 (first published: 2020-02-26)

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Reviewing 2019 Career Goals

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

According to this post, I rate 2019 as a Failure. Of the books I planned to read, I read 2. I started 2 others, but they’re in progress, even...

2020-02-28

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Using Google Chrome with SSRS

• by Wayne Sheffield

• A Discussion of SQL Server-Related Topics

In this post, you will learn how to resolve the Kerberos Double-Hop issue and SSRS browser login when using Google Chrome to run SSRS reports.
The post Using Google Chrome...

2020-02-28 (first published: 2020-02-18)

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ACM Lecture at SELU

• by Will Assaf

• SQL Tact

Had the pleasure of presenting to Dr. Ghassan Alkadi and a full house at the Southeastern La. University ACM group. Big thanks to the bright student organizers for inviting...

2020-02-27 (first published: 2020-02-21)

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Are You Still Worried About Data in the Cloud?

• by Grant Fritchey

• The Scary DBA

There really are technology stacks and business use cases that should never be moved off of big iron. Then there’s the rest of us. Chances are very high if...

2020-02-27

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Information Measurement with SQL Server Part 4.8: The Intersection Family of Distances

• by SQLServerSteve

• Multidimensional Mayhem

By Steve Bolton …………Each group of distance measures surveyed in this segment of the series was defined by affinities between the underlying equations. For example, the common denominator for...

2020-02-27

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Midlands PASS: SQL Server Security Basics

• by Brian Kelley

• Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Midlands PASS (Columbia, SC) will be meeting on March 3, 2020, for our monthly user meeting. We’ve been on hiatus since the holidays but we should be meeting regularly...

2020-02-27

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Removing ad hoc plans from Query Store

• by DesertDBA

• The Desert DBA

This is not a post about the “optimize for ad hoc workloads” setting on your favorite SQL Server instance, but that is a good place to start. Lots of...

2020-02-27 (first published: 2020-02-20)

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Schema Filtering in SQL Prompt

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

I love SQL Prompt, and I’m regularly impressed by the enhancements our teams continue to make in the product. One item that I found interesting recently was schema filtering....

2020-02-27

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