Familiar Sights
Yesterday was a long day in London. I arrived late in the am, and as I was walking from the plane to the border check, I went down the...
2024-04-16
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Blog Posts
How Do You Decide What to Learn?
There are so many choices and so little time. How do you go about deciding what to learn? I have to delicately balance everything I think I want to...
2024-04-15 (first published: 2024-04-02)
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Tomorrow: Webcast on SQL Server security
Tomorrow, April 16, 2024, I will be giving another webcast; this one will be on SQL Server security. It’s scheduled for 1 PM EDT / 5 PM UTC. Sign...
2024-04-15
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When was my SQL Server Database Last Accessed?
Your boss walks up to you one morning and says, “Hey, I wanna list of all of our databases and when they were last accessed”. If you’ve got some...
2024-04-15 (first published: 2024-04-02)
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A New Word: the Wends
the wends– n. the frustration that you’re not enjoying an experience as much as you should, which prompts you to try plugging in various through combinations to trigger anything...
2024-04-12
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The London Redgate Summit Comes on Apr 17
I’m heading to the UK in a few weeks for the London Redgate Summit. This starts a wild period of travel for me, but I’m excited. This is the...
2024-04-12 (first published: 2024-04-03)
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What is data classification, and why is it important?
The benefits of data classification and the features of a tool like Microsoft Purview, a unified data governance service. Data classification organizes data into categories based on its type,...
2024-04-12 (first published: 2024-04-02)
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Bringing the Redgate Seminar to Brisbane
We’ve been on a Redgate tour this year, running lots of events to interest, educate, and inspire customers. We know that there are challenges in building and operating database...
2024-04-10
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How I use Terraform to deploy my AWS amplify react js project
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...
2024-04-10 (first published: 2024-04-01)
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Manually Updating Redgate Monitor/SQL Monitor Patch Info
This post looks at updating the patch information for SQL Monitor/Redgate Monitor without using the automated process. I have other posts on SQL Monitor as well. I heard from...
2024-04-10
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Blogs
Reading SQL Server File Headers with DBCC FILEHEADER
I’ve been doing a deep dive into SQL Server on-disk structures lately, and one...
T-SQL Tuesday #197 – An impactful session or two from a conference – RECAP
By DataOnWheels
Thanks to everyone who joined the blog party this month. I noticed three themes...
OpenClaw- Agentic Engineering
By Vinay Thakur
This week has training on AI – Cyber security experts – Omar Santos and...
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Identities and Sequences V
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can generate values before an insert statement is executed?
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