Blogging for the Tech Professional at Denver Dev Days
For those that attended my talk at Denver Dev Days, here are the slides: BloggingFortheTechPro.pptx A couple interesting questions that I need to add to the deck. What do...
2023-06-09
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Blog Posts
Getting AI Written Unit Tests
As a part of my AI experiments, I decided to ask CoPilot to write some unit tests. Here is what happened. The Prompt To get started, you enter a...
2023-06-09
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Stacked Bar Charts vs. Line Graphs–Which is Better?
I ran across an interesting post from Rita Fainshtein that looked at the different types of graphs for a set of data. I thought that was interesting, so I...
2023-06-09 (first published: 2023-05-22)
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Working with ALS – ALS Awareness Month 2023
I have been living with ALS for the past two years. I was diagnosed in September 2022 but had my first symptoms and started researching what was going on...
2023-06-09 (first published: 2023-05-25)
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Announcing a New Book on SQL from 3Cloud Authors
I am proud to announce the launch of a new book, centered around the importance of SQL, authored by six consultants from 3Cloud. Our new book is called “SQL...
2023-06-07
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Automating Database Maintenance on Azure SQL
Database maintenance is crucial for the health and performance of any database system, including those in Azure. Without regular maintenance, databases can become slow, unstable, and prone to crashes...
2023-06-07 (first published: 2023-05-08)
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Book Review: SQL Query Design Patterns and Best Practices
This book will provide you with a good foundation upon which a consistent convention for practicing your day-to-day operations can have a solid footing in your database discipline, with...
2023-06-07 (first published: 2023-05-20)
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Identify the (Top 20) most expensive queries across your SQL Server using Query Store
Script to identify the most expensive queries on your database server using the Query Store DMVs. This allows you to look at data from a specific time frame, as...
2023-06-07
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Setting Up Always Encrypted
In this post we're going to go through the steps to set up Always Encrypted and create an encrypted column. As with my last post we're looking at the...
2023-06-06
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Analyzing Azure Cosmos DB Data with Azure Synapse Link – YouTube Live Stream
At Tuesday 6th of June 2023, I’m giving an online version of my session “Analyzing Azure Cosmos DB Data with Azure Synapse Link” (which I presented at Techorama). It’s...
2023-06-05
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Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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