No moving parts, the story of persistent memory
In November 2017, during the PASS Summit keynote, Microsoft’s Bob Ward (Principal Architect) demonstrated a “diskless database” running on Hewlett-Packard...
2017-12-27
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Blog Posts
Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 83 – ChartAccent – LineChart)
In this module you will learn how to use the ChartAccent LineChart Custom Visual. This visual is a custom line...
2017-12-27
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Precon at SQLKonferenz 2018
One of my favourite conferences (and so far I was incredibly lucky to have spoken at every edition) is SQLKonferenz,...
2017-12-27
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Renaming a Column–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2017-12-27 (first published: 2017-12-11)
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Restoring a Copy Only Backup–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2017-12-27
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The case of the missing database backup file
Exploring the wonderful case of a missing database backup.
I was working on a client’s site today, setting up database backup...
2017-12-27
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What is impersonation for?
I was doing some research on impersonation the other day, and among other things, I ran across a forum question...
2017-12-27
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12 Days Of Christmas and SQL
In the spirit of the 12 Days of Christmas and Giving, I have a 12 Day series that I generally try to do each Holiday Season. The series will...
2017-12-26
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12 Days Of Christmas and SQL
One of my all-time favorite times of the year happens to be the Christmas Season. I enjoy the season because...
2017-12-26
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12 Days Of Christmas and SQL
One of my all-time favorite times of the year happens to be the Christmas Season. I enjoy the season because...
2017-12-26
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Blogs
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
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Real-time On-prem SQL Server Data in Excel – Over the Internet
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Question of the Day
Lots of FKs
In SQL Server 2025, what are the most outgoing and incoming FK references a table can have?
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