Thanks to everyone that came to my presentation at SQL Saturday SLC 2024. This post has a few links for you: Code and repo: https://github.com/way0utwest/ZeroDowntime Slides: Architecting Zero Downtime.pptx...
2024-04-06
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alazia– n. the fear that you’re no longer able to change.. I don’t have alazia. I’m always thinking I change, sometimes even when I don’t want to. Certainly my...
2024-04-05
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UPDATE: This moved to Apr 9 Join me Tuesday, Apr 9 for a webinar, 10:00am CDT. You can register here and then come watch live with questions or get...
2024-04-05 (first published: 2024-03-26)
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We use SQL elastic pools at work. I needed to learn more about their nuances and help you with some of their challenges. Setting Up Elastic Pools Here‘s some...
2024-04-05 (first published: 2024-03-29)
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On Tuesday I have a webinar with a Redgate sales engineer: Accelerating Success: De-risking and Streamlining Releases with Flyway Enterprise. This will cover You can register here. In this...
2024-04-05
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I will be presenting Answering the Auditor’s Call with Automation at two upcoming events, one virtual and one in-person.
DBA Fundamentals Virtual User Group Tuesday, April 9 2024 at Noon...
2024-04-03 (first published: 2024-03-26)
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I had a client that was concerned about SQL Compare behavior when a developer adds a column to the middle of a table. I wanted to reassure them, so...
2024-04-03 (first published: 2024-03-20)
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I’m off on Thursday for Salt Lake City and a SQL Saturday on Friday. SQL Saturday Salt Lake City 2024 is happening, and I’m glad I get to go....
2024-04-02
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I was working on an imported Power BI semantic model, adding some fiscal year calculations to my date table. The date table was sourced from a view in Databricks...
2024-04-02
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As a Software Engineer, I would like to deploy my AWS Amplify react js project using Terraform so that I can automate my workflow and eliminate any manual intervention...
2024-04-01
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By Vinay Thakur
it has been a year since i have not written much on the blog...
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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