Best Practice Tip #1: Beware of Best Practices
Best Practice Tip #1: Beware of Best Practices
It may sound contractionary that the first item of a best practices list is to be wary of...
2024-02-02 (first published: 2024-01-18)
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Blog Posts
Friday Flyway Tips–Linking a GitHub Issue to a Code Commit
Recently I was doing a demo and a customer asked how I had linked my commit in Azure DevOps to the work item that existed. It’s easy, and tldr;...
2024-02-02 (first published: 2024-01-19)
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ISACA Journal Article on AI
The first issue of 2024 for the ISACA Journal has been published and the articles are available both in written and on-line format. I have a regular column on...
2024-02-02
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Exploring the Spark Connect gRPC API more
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Code
Goal of this post In this post we will continue looking at the gRPC API and the AnalyzePlan method which takes a plan and analyzes it....
2024-02-01
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THAT Conference 2024–Austin
This week I attended THAT Conference in Round Rock, just outside Austin, Texas. This was my second time attending the conference, which is a very unique. The conference runs...
2024-02-01
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A Primer on Attaching Databases with PowerShell Method AttachDatabase
A Primer on Attaching Databases with PowerShell Method AttachDatabase
Attaching a SQL Server database using PowerShell can be straightforward. Here's an effective and easy approach using the...
2024-01-31 (first published: 2024-01-16)
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BI Training with Eugene Meidinger
I’ve known Eugene Meidinger (SQLGene) for a number of years and we share a lot of interests outside of technology. We’re both avid boardgame and card game players, though...
2024-01-31
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Using Spark Connect from .NET
Introductory Ramble Spark Connect In July 2022, at the Data and AI summit, Apache Spark announced “Spark Connect,” which was a way of connecting to Apache Spark using the...
2024-01-31 (first published: 2024-01-17)
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Just Buy the Keyboard
The holidays have passed and it’s a new year. You probably have a gift card or two and haven’t decided how to use it yet. Allow me to help:
Buy...
2024-01-30
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Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments at THAT Conference
Thanks to everyone that came to my talk at THAT Conference. The deck is here, if you want to download it and use it as a resource, or to...
2024-01-29
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Blogs
Case Studies: Real-World Success Stories of FinOps Implementation
By HeyMo0sh
Learning any kind of theory is easy, but adapting FinOps and watching it rescue...
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Problem Isn't Always Your...
Identity Defaults
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Question of the Day
Identity Defaults
What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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