SQLBits 2023
Super excited that I was selected to speak at SQLBits 2023. The conference is taking place 14-18 March 2023 in Wales. I have never been to Wales and am...
2023-01-06 (first published: 2022-12-23)
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Blog Posts
Daily Coping 5 Jan 2023
Today’s coping tip is to set aside a regular time for the next month for an activity you love . This is a big month for me, with coaching...
2023-01-05
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Daily Coping 4 Jan 2023
Today’s coping tip is to share something helpful with a friend that you learned recently. I share a lot with my wife and kids. They are a big part...
2023-01-04
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Monitoring with the Pure Storage FlashArray OpenMetrics Exporter
This post introduces you to the Pure Storage FlashArray OpenMetrics Exporter. It shows you how to get started quickly using Docker Compose so you can monitor your Pure Storage...
2023-01-04 (first published: 2022-12-20)
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Understanding Keys and Certificates with TDE
When you first look at the encryption hierarchy for TDE in SQL Server it can be a bit daunting. There seem to be a lot of objects involved and...
2023-01-04 (first published: 2022-12-21)
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Daily Coping 3 Jan 2023
Today’s coping tip is to use one of your strengths in a new or creative way. I have a lot of strengths. They’ve helped me to be successful. This...
2023-01-03
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Daily Coping 2 Jan 2023
Today’s coping tip is to start the new year off with something new – listen, watch, read something completely different. I started listening to more country music last year....
2023-01-02
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How to Specify the Format of the Request Body of an Azure Function
This is a bit of a niche blog post, because you don’t actually need this to make your Azure Function work :). When you create a new HTTP-triggered Azure...
2023-01-02 (first published: 2022-12-16)
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PASS Summit 2022 - Day 3 in Pictures
Other PASS Summit 2022 Days - Pre-Cons | Day 1 | Day 2
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Day 3 of Summit 2022 was "Community Day" with a "community keynote" given by the amazing Kimberly Tripp (@kimberlyltripp)...
2023-01-02 (first published: 2022-11-19)
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SQLPlayer is renaming
It was about time. The blog and all related services are being changed the name. From SQL Player to Azure Player. You probably noticed over several years that the...
2023-01-02 (first published: 2023-01-01)
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Blogs
Data Viz in Fabric Notebooks
Lots of people have created Power BI reports, using interactive data visualizations to explore...
App-Consistent MongoDB Snapshots Across Multiple Pure Storage FlashArrays
Introduction When you’re running MongoDB at scale with data distributed across multiple Pure Storage...
PASS: Quantum Computing Slides
By Brian Kelley
If you're an attendee at the PASS Data Community Summit this year, there are...
Forums
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Getting The Database Name
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Question of the Day
Getting The Database Name
I run this code to connect to SQL Server 2022 from the command line.
sqlcmd -S localhost -EAt the command line, I run these two commands:
SELECT ORIGINAL_DB_NAME() GOWhat is returned? See possible answers