Bigger Fact Table for Wide World Importers
Microsoft released a new sample database a couple of months back: Wide World Importers. It’s quite great: not every (unnecessary...
2016-08-22 (first published: 2016-08-12)
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Blog Posts
Cloud Security
In case you hadn’t noticed I’ve recently started looking at the cloud and what it entails. Well one of those...
2016-08-22
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DBCC CLONEDATABASE in SQL Server 2014
In SQL Server 2014 SP2 an interesting new DBCC command was included, DBCC CLONEDATABASE
This command creates a “clone” of a...
2016-08-22 (first published: 2016-08-17)
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Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 13 – Aster Plot)
In this module you will learn how to use the Aster Plot Power BI Custom Visual. The Aster Plot is...
2016-08-22
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Query Timeout of the Distribution Agent
Last week I got a call from one of our clients. They issued an ALTER TABLE command in order to...
2016-08-22
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Run For the PASS Board
When the word comes around for elections to the PASS Board, are you one of those people who, even in...
2016-08-22
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Controlling a dacpac deployment
I have been thinking quite a lot recently (ok not that much but my thinking has changed) about how to...
2016-08-21
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Controlling a dacpac deployment
I have been thinking quite a lot recently (ok not that much but my thinking has changed) about how to deploy dacpac's. In particular I am talking about how...
2016-08-21
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Controlling a dacpac deployment
I have been thinking quite a lot recently (ok not that much but my thinking has changed) about how to...
2016-08-21
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Controlling a dacpac deployment
I have been thinking quite a lot recently (ok not that much but my thinking has changed) about how to...
2016-08-21
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Blogs
Advice I Like: Rewards from Work
By Steve Jones
The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has words for. If...
Overcoming Challenges: Navigating Common Pitfalls in FinOps Adoption
By HeyMo0sh
Working in DevOps, I’ve seen FinOps do amazing things for cloud cost control, but...
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Creating a Simple and Flexible Random Password Generator in SQL Server
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SQL Art, Part 3: Happy Easter Fun in SSMS
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences IV
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can be used with numeric and decimal data types?
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