DBAs, Organizing Your SQL Scripts in Git
I wrote an article that was published on SQL Server Central on how to get your scripts into Git. This post adds a few more thoughts on how you...
2024-07-01
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Blog Posts
Dynamic Warehouse & Lakehouse Connections in Microsoft Fabric Data Pipelines
When you develop data pipelines in Microsoft Fabric (the Azure Data Factory equivalent in Fabric, not to be confused with deployment pipelines), you will most likely have some activities...
2024-07-01 (first published: 2024-06-13)
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MSSQL Database Property LastGoodCheckDbTime to Get the Last Successful DBCC CHECKDB on a Database
Database Property LastGoodCheckDbTime to Get the Last Successful DBCC CHECKDB on a Database
As one of the preventive database maintenance tasks, performing database integrity checks on almost every database you...
2024-07-01 (first published: 2024-06-13)
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A New Word: Addleworth
addleworth – adj. unable to settle the question of whether you’re doing okay in life; feeling torn between conflicting value systems and moveable goalposts, which makes you long for...
2024-06-28
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Using the Pure Storage PowerShellSDK2 - Part 5 - Checking Replication Status
Introduction Welcome back to the fifth installment of our blog series on using the Pure Storage PowerShell SDK2. In this post, we’re diving into a hands-on demonstration of using...
2024-06-28 (first published: 2024-06-12)
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What I actually do at Microsoft
I started working at Microsoft in January 2022. I enjoy it. I even wrote a stream-of-consciousness post about it last year. A significant part of our job in the...
2024-06-28 (first published: 2024-06-10)
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How to use a Script Activity in ADF as a Lookup
In Azure Data Factory (ADF, but also Synapse Pipelines and Fabric Pipelines), you have a typical scenario where you retrieve some metadata from a database and then loop over...
2024-06-27
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6 Surprising Things You Can Do on WordPress.com Without a Plugin
Newsletters? Spam protection? Image galleries? We have you covered, no plugin needed.
2024-06-26
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How I Effortlessly Dockerize Python-Based AWS Lambda Functions
As a Software Engineer, i would like to learn how to dockerize my Python Fast API Framework and use this dockerize application in my lambda function. This will allow...
2024-06-26 (first published: 2024-06-07)
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Talkie - a simple, private, responsive interface for LLMs
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I like using ChatGPT. But I don't like the $20/month price tag for using OpenAI's app, especially given the API costs fractions of a cent.
So...
2024-06-26 (first published: 2024-06-10)
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Blogs
10 Decisions to Make Before You Create A Fabric Workspace
Creating a Fabric workspace takes about 30 seconds. Restructuring workspaces after people have built...
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
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Adding new column with DEFAULT II
Which number did the two COUNT(*) return:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #tmp CREATE TABLE #tmp (id INT NOT NULL) INSERT INTO #tmp (id) SELECT gs.value FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 5) AS gs ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD my_value INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 1 SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1 ALTER TABLE #tmp DROP CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 2 FOR my_value SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1See possible answers