Lots of Resources
I’ve got a small Azure subscription, but there are a lot of resources in my mini lab. Forty seven, to...
2017-07-20
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Blog Posts
SQL Server Rookie Mistakes
A quick elementary post which is my entry to this months’ T-SQL Tuesday entry hosted by a good friend SQLDoubleG...
2017-07-20 (first published: 2017-07-11)
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SSMS Tip #2: Shortcut Keys for SQLCMD Mode, Open Containing Folder, Copy Full Path, etc
In SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), there are a lot of options and functions. In fact, there are so many...
2017-07-20
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SQLSaturday Baton Rouge at LSU on July 29
The big finale to our SQL Summer and the last of the three Gulf South 2017 SQLSat events, our 9th...
2017-07-19
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Persisting data in docker containers – Part Three
Last week in Part Two I went through how to create named volumes and map them to containers in order...
2017-07-19 (first published: 2017-07-05)
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Speaking at PASS Summit 2017
I’m very pleased to announce that I will be speaking at PASS Summit 2017! This is my first time speaking at PASS Summit and I’m very excited to be...
2017-07-19
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Speaking at PASS Summit 2017
I’m very pleased to announce that I will be speaking at PASS Summit 2017! This is my first time speaking...
2017-07-19
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What is a good Disaster Recovery Plan?
During a Q&A session I hosted at our local Calgary SQL Server User Group last month, one of the attendees...
2017-07-19
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What is the system_health extended events session?
Similar to the default trace the system_health session is automatically started up when the instance starts and collects information about...
2017-07-19 (first published: 2017-07-05)
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Celebrate! Second Anniversay Giveaway (is now over)
Two years ago, we officially became MinionWare and launched the absolutely masterful SQL Server management solution, Minion Enterprise. For a...
2017-07-18
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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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