Live, Learn, and Grow
Ever look back at old work and wonder what was I thinking when I did that? Or even better you...
2018-04-25
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Blog Posts
Quick tip: format source code in html
I run a technical blog, so it is necessary to put code in almost every post. Most of the GUIs...
2018-04-25
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SQL Saturday Wheeling 2018
Third time in a month, I will be presenting Machine Learning Server, this time at SQL Saturday Wheeling
2018-04-25
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SQL Server Nested Transactions Probably Don't Work How You Think
SQL Server allows you to nest multiple transactions but the results of doing so are completely not obvious.
Take the following...
2018-04-25
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State of the Cloud Database: April 2018
It’s an exciting time to be a database professional. The technology is advancing quickly, large datasets are easier to handle than ever before, and the cloud is opening up...
2018-04-25
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Webinars, and Azure, and SQL… OH MY!
Hello everybody! Thank you once again for stopping by and reading. April has been pretty busy with presentations, and I...
2018-04-25
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What is a DBA?
If you’ve worked in the data industry for more than few minutes then you’ve probably heard the phrase The DBA...
2018-04-25
328 reads
24 Hours of PASS – April 25th–26th
Well, it is that time of the year, again. PASS puts on a 24 Hours of PASS where 1 hours...
2018-04-24 (first published: 2018-04-18)
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A rant about presentations
My company’s internal conference is in a couple of weeks, so this seems like a good time to have a quick rant about some presentation failings I’ve seen over...
2018-04-24
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Azure SQL Database – A Copying “Gotcha”
Creating copies of your Azure SQL Database is a common and relatively simple process. You can issue a TSQL statement...
2018-04-24
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
How to change the FDLaunch Error log file location
The file FDLAUNCHERRORLOG gets created in the default <instance>\MSSQL\Log folder. So far, I've found...
what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
can i use Rowversioncol ( in my database it's synonyme timestamp is used) to...
Question of the Day
A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
"All programs have a desire to be useful."Happy April Fools! See possible answers