Daily Coping 30 Jan 2023
Today’s coping tip is to plan something fun and invite others to join you. The fun thing is actually skiing today. My wife and I wanted to get some...
2023-01-30
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Blog Posts
EightKB 2023
EightKB is back! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is back in 2023…happening on May 24th. We’ve open our call for speakers, you can submit here: – https://sessionize.com/eightkb-may-2023/...
2023-01-30 (first published: 2023-01-23)
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Logic App errors out when using variables in a SharePoint Action
I have a Logic App that reads out a SharePoint library and stores all the documents found into Azure Blob Storage (ADF only supports Lists). I was trying to...
2023-01-30 (first published: 2023-01-18)
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Migrating or Recovering a TDE Protected Database
When encrypting a database with Transparent Data Encryption (TDE), a vital consideration is to make sure we are prepared for the scenario where something goes wrong. For instance, if...
2023-01-30
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Presenting On Basics Is Difficult
Over the last year, at work and after work, I’ve been teaching myself a lot of brand new technologies. As such, I’m reliant on others to have put together...
2023-01-30
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New Pluralsight Course – Securing Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Clusters
My new course “Securing Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Clusters”, co-authored with my good friend and colleague Ben E. Weissman, is now available on Pluralsight here! If you want to...
2023-01-28
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Daily Coping 27 Jan 2023
Today’s coping tip is to try something new to get out of your comfort zone. I did two things here. First, I’ve been participating in a Jan American Cancer...
2023-01-27
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Getting Started Connecting to a Database with Flyway
In a previous post, I got Flyway installed as a CLI utility (command line interface). This post will look at the first connection to a database. If you need...
2023-01-27 (first published: 2023-01-11)
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Impact of Eliminating Implicit Conversions in JDBC Driver
Problem Recently I had a situation where I was looking at a SQL Instance due to a contractor who controls the system wanting to drop
The post Impact of Eliminating...
2023-01-27 (first published: 2023-01-18)
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Join Denny Cherry and Associates at SQL Bits 2023
I am very excited and lucky to be speaking once again at SQLBits along with my DCAC colleagues. SQLBits, the largest Data Platform conference in Europe, held this year...
2023-01-27
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Blogs
SQL Clone at Scale with Striped Backups
By Steve Jones
I had a customer recently reach out to ask if SQL Clone would work...
Designing for Observability in Fabric Powered Data Ecosystems
By Chris Yates
In today’s data-driven world, observability is not an optional add-on but a foundational principle....
SQL Server 2025 Unleashed Live Training – A New Era Begins
I’m excited to announce my brand-new SQL Server 2025 Unleashed live online training on...
Forums
Create an HTML Report on the Status of SQL Server Agent Jobs
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Connecting to SQL express 2019 server
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Docker Advice for SQL Server in Production
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Question of the Day
Striped Backup File Limits
In SQL Server 2022, how many backup files can I have in a striped backup?
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