Better Practices for Reading Event_file Targets

I have demonstrated over the past couple of articles the basics involved with reading the

event_file target along with a more...

Copying data from Azure Blob Storage

In a previous blog I talked about copying on-prem data to Azure Blob Storage (Getting data into Azure Blob Storage). ...

Finding the error from a failed job.

This is a fairly simple one once you’ve seen it, but then so are lots of things :). Let’s say you...

My PASS Summit 2015

Its just a bit over a week until PASS Summit 2015 will start. If you are a Microsoft Data Platform...

Presentation Design – Before and After

Recently I gave a session on the SQL Server Days about the new features for business intelligence in SQL Server...

SQL server Encryption – Transact SQL Functions.

In the previous blogs we came across various encrypt functions like ENCRYPTBYKEY(),ENCRYPTBYASYMKEY(),ENCRYPTBYCERT().We also saw the corresponding decrypt functions likeDECRYPTBYKEY(),DECRYPTBYCERT(),DECRYPTBYASYMKEY(),DECRYPTBYCERT(),We shall...

SQL Source Control and Git–Getting Started

It seems as though Git is taking the world by storm as the Version Control System (VCS) of choice. TFS...

Best Tools for Taking Notes In Development

Best Tools for Taking Notes In Development
Developers have a lot to juggle. Do a few of these things sound familiar:
Juggle...

Best Tools for Taking Notes In Development

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Been working through some issues with Clarify app on my personal computer, something I messed up. @trevordevore...

Congratulations New 2015-2016 BRSSUG Officers!

We elected new officers tonight for the Baton Rouge SQL Server User Group Official PASS Chapter, the second year in...