A (mostly) Unwired Week at #MSBuild
Part of a series looking back at Build 2017, going over the 20+ pages of notes I took.
Last week I...
2017-05-15
674 reads
Blog Posts
Building a container running SQL Server 2014 SP2 Developer
One of the things about working with SQL in Docker is that you kinda have to use the images that...
2017-05-15 (first published: 2017-05-02)
2,424 reads
Creating Azure Database for MySQL and using Azure Cloud Shell
After using Microsoft SQL Server for over 10 years going back to MySQL feels weird BUT with Azure it is...
2017-05-15
396 reads
Monday Coffee 2017-05-15
After the latest cyber attack I’ve had a fun weekend making sure all my devices are fully up-to-date with the...
2017-05-15
384 reads
SQL Saturday Atlanta Precon – The Complete Primer to SQL Server Virtualization & Cloud
If you are attending this year’s SQL Saturday in Atlanta, GA, on July 15, I urge you to attend my preconference training session...
2017-05-15
382 reads
SQL Server 2017 – The operating system returned the error 21
Recently, I was exploring SQL Server 2017 CTP 2.0 using SQL Server Management Studio V17. Till the time, I was...
2017-05-15
4,662 reads
SQL Server 2017 sys.dm_os_enumerate_fixed_drives
In SQL Server 2017, you can use the new DMV sys.dm_os_enumerate_fixed_drives to identify free disk space. The DMV is replacement...
2017-05-15
1,552 reads
Trying GO with SQL Server
Not the batch separator, but the GO language.
I’m always interested in learning new things, and GO has been one of...
2017-05-15
1,124 reads
Video: How to Use SQL Server 2016 Live Query Statistics for Watching Live Query Execution
In this video, I show how to enable live query statistics in SQL Server 2016 in order to see execution...
2017-05-15 (first published: 2017-05-03)
1,270 reads
Why shouldn’t I shrink my database log file?
TL;DR: It’s pretty pointless and can cause performance issues.
Let’s start by asking why you might want to shrink your log....
2017-05-15
487 reads
Blogs
Don’t Fear the Technology
By Brian Kelley
The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to...
Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG
The STIG is detailed, which is a good thing, but I found myself wanting...
Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
By Steve Jones
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Make It Routine
Finding Gaps in Sequential Data Using SQL Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Finding Gaps in Sequential Data...
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?
See possible answers