Blog Posts

“They need help, we must help.” #forGarethSwan

• by Kenneth Fisher

• SQLStudies

We just finished a memorial for Gareth Swanepoel. He was an amazing person and someone I wish I’d gotten to ... Continue reading

2021-01-22 (first published: 2021-01-14)

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RIP Gareth Swanepoel and GoFundMe

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

Last week we lost another SQLFamily member. Gareth Swanepoel passed away on 8 Jan 2021. He was a fellow speaker, jolly fellow, and Microsoft PM. Across many years of...

2021-01-22 (first published: 2021-01-14)

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Daily Coping 21 Jan 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...

2021-01-21

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Install Python on Windows

• by Eduardo Pivaral

• SQL Guatemala

Python is the most famous development language today.
This is because is open-source, scalable and robust. It can run in almost any device with a processor (or microprocessor, we will...

2021-01-21 (first published: 2021-01-14)

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SQLSaturday Doesn’t Have to Be a Platform

• by Andy Warren

• SQLAndy

When we built the first SQLSaturday it was about 2 pages of HTML. No login, no tools, just get it done. Worked ok. Didn’t work so well for the...

2021-01-21 (first published: 2021-01-14)

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[Coping] Hidden Wounds

• by Brian Kelley

• Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Through high school and college, I carried deep wounds due to what was going on at home. Only a handful of people outside of my family knew what what...

2021-01-20

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Daily Coping 20 Jan 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...

2021-01-20

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It’s 2021, so why are you reading this?

• by Randolph West

• Born SQL with Randolph West

If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you’re straight, white, male, and English-speaking. There’s also a high likelihood that you live in the United States. The technology industry...

2021-01-20

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Security Updates for SQL Server Jan 2021–CVE-2021-1636

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

There was a security bulletin (CVE-2021-1636) for SQL Server, an elevation of Privilege vulnerability that could be exploited when an Extended Event session is running. SQL Server has released...

2021-01-20 (first published: 2021-01-13)

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These little things about Azure Data Factory

• by Rayis Imayev

• Data Adventures

(2021-Jan-12) Small data that is hard to be noticed but in a long run makes the greatest impact, little things that are not well apricated but eventually become those final...

2021-01-20 (first published: 2021-01-12)

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