A New Word: Exulansis

exulansis – n. the tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because people are unable to relate to it – whether through envy or pity or...

Demonstrating How I Use Voice Access

As part of my effort to inform people on how to use tools with their disabilities and continue working, I created a series of videos that demonstrate how I...

Exciting New Adventures Ahead

Some of you may know that I went to work for BlueGranite a little over four years ago. It was humbling to be part of such a talented team...

Three more chapters of my data architecture book are available!

As I have mentioned in a prior blog post, I have been writing a data architecture book, which I started last November. The title of the book is “Deciphering...

Azure Data Studio Schema Compare Extension

A coworker recently introduced me to the SQL Server Schema Compare extension in Azure Data Studio. It has come in handy since we don’t have any paid-for tools, so...

A Barebone Script To Generate SQL Script to Create Synonyms

A Barebone Script To Generate SQL Script to Create Synonyms

This stored procedure can be used to generate a SQL script to create synonyms for all tables in...

Generate SQL Script to Allow or Disallow Access To All Data

I had a requirement to temporarily prevent access, read or write, to a particular database for all users except 2 users. There were hundreds of SQL Logins with access...

Heraflux and Rubrik Webinar – July 25

Heraflux is returning to deliver a new webinar with Rubrik and ActualTech Media titled “How to Secure Your Azure SQL Data.”  With Azure SQL Server offerings continuing to grow...

Restore SQL Server Backup to Docker Container

Restoring a SQL Server backup in a Docker container is quite easy. To begin with, you will need persistent storage on your Docker container to follow this blog post....

Battle of the Query Hints in Query Store

I recently presented a session on the Query Store at Data Saturday Rhineland and the question came up: If there’s already a query hint on a query, what happens...