Default reports in SSMS
As DBAs our stock in trade is information and there is certainly an impressive amount available. The diagnostic views are...
2017-07-27 (first published: 2017-07-13)
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Blog Posts
SQL Server 2017 – DMV – sys.dm_os_host_info
I always love to get my hands dirty with new features of SQL Server. I was exploring SQL Server on...
2017-07-27 (first published: 2017-07-14)
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Two Ways to Restore Database from MDF File in SQL Server
Introduction
In todays decade Relational database Management system became the necessity of the organizations whether they are small level or large level. In such context SQL Server is the best...
2017-07-27
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Happy Belated 150th Birthday Canada, and the Importance of Compliance, Especially Vulnerability Assessments
Assess your vulnerabilities before a system compromise brings it all down: just like what wasn't done early morning on Zhiggy's...
2017-07-26
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Acids and Databases: A look at ACID and transactions
Relational database management systems (RDBMS) such as SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL use transactions to allow concurrent users to...
2017-07-26
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Azure Cloud “Fear” Busting #1 – Security
So here we go, the first installment of my cloud blog series. From my experience this concern is a common...
2017-07-26 (first published: 2017-07-12)
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Creating SQL Server containers with docker compose
Up until now my posts about containers have been talking about working with one container only. In the real world...
2017-07-26 (first published: 2017-07-12)
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Speaking at TechMentor – Redmond
I’ll be speaking at TechMentor, August 7-11 at Microsoft HQ in Redmond. Surrounded by your fellow IT professionals, TechMentor provides you with in-depth, immediately usable training that will keep...
2017-07-26
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Speaking at TechMentor – Redmond
I’ll be speaking at TechMentor, August 7-11 at Microsoft HQ in Redmond. Surrounded by your fellow IT professionals, TechMentor provides...
2017-07-26
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Create a Staging Load with Biml
When designing the ETL architecture for new or changing systems, one of the more common needs is to create a...
2017-07-25 (first published: 2017-07-12)
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Blogs
Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
By Steve Jones
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
To refer and to be referred
Referrals have never been more important in the job market. They’re no longer nice...
A New Word: Dorgone
By Steve Jones
dorgone– adj. wondering if you could slip away from an event or group conversation...
Forums
Querying Multiple Tables for the Same Information
I have about 100 Tables that are all suffixed with _Modify. These tables record...
Make It Routine
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Finding Gaps in Sequential Data Using SQL Server
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Question of the Day
Negative and Positive Numbers
If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?
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