A Study in SQL Server Ad hoc Query Plans

A Study in SQL Server Ad hoc Query Plans

We, (or maybe it’s just my dismissive attitude towards it), often think of ad hoc...

Get Configuration Change History From the SQL Server Error Logs

Get Configuration Change History From the SQL Server Error Logs

There are several options if and when you need to see if any configuration change was...

A New Word:Wildred

wildred –adj. feeling the haunting solitude of extremely remote places – a clearing in the forest, a windswept field of snow, a rest area in the middle of nowhere...

Deneb – powerful visual for advanced reporting

Introduction
For one of our customers we needed to create customized reports that could not be easily implemented by using standard Power BI components. We explored different ways how to...

Friday Flyway Tips: Copying the Migration Number

It’s a small thing, but copying the migration number can be a pain. However, we’ve made this easier in Flyway 6.5.4. I’ve been working with Flyway Desktop for work...

Friday Flyway Tips–Flyway Parameters

Flyway is a command line tool with lots of options and parameters. Working with those is a pain, but we’ve made this easier in Flyway Desktop 6.5+. In this...

Introduction to IaC: Deploying Data infrastructure to Azure using Terraform (Part 2 - our first Azure resource)

Continuing our Part 1, we already set up our environment, we can now setup our very first example (do not worry if is too simple at this point, but...

Introduction to IaC: Deploying Data infrastructure to Azure using Terraform (Part 3 - Azure SQL Database)

In Part 1, we explain the basics and prerrequisites to work with Terraform.In Part 2, we created our first Azure resource.On this post we will create an Azure SQL...

Are You Protected from Ransomware

There have been many organizations that have become victims of ransomware over the years. Occasionally we hear about some high-profile cases in the news. Most every case I’ve read...

Product Review: DataVeil

If you’re looking at data masking tools, I recently was able to review the DataVeil solution. Quite simply, getting production data out of non-production environments is still a big...