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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Blog Posts
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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T-SQL Tuesday #121: Gifts received for this year Redux 2022 Edition
Trigger warning: suicidal ideation, depression, bipolar, mania If you would prefer to stick to all the positives skip to the numbered list at the bottom.
The post T-SQL Tuesday #121:...
2022-12-31
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A SQL Compare Picklist
Recently a customer was trying to sync up production and development. They’d somewhat lost control of both environments and wanted to build a plan of how to sync them....
2022-12-30 (first published: 2022-12-19)
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Daily Coping 30 Dec 2022
Today’s coping tip is to give thanks. List the kind things others have done for you. I know that my life is great, but it’s because of a lot...
2022-12-30
15 reads
Goal Progress for Dec 2022
I set goals at the beginning of the year, and I’m tracking my progress in these updates during 2022. December is usually quiet, though this year I spent the...
2022-12-30
12 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #157- “End of Year Activity” – RECAP
I am humbled that many posts were submitted for T-SQL Tuesday #157. There is such a wide range of plans to wind down 2022. So enjoy the posts below...
2022-12-30 (first published: 2022-12-20)
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Blogs
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
4 CPE Opportunity (Virtual) for Charity
By Brian Kelley
Every year, the South Carolina State Internal Auditors Association and the South Carolina Midlands...
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers!
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers is now live! Data Céilí (pronounced kay-lee), is...
Forums
Intermittent Service Freezes and "State 23" Authentication Failure
Environment: SQL Server: 2019 Enterprise (15.0.4430.1) OS: Windows Server 2022 Standard (Build 20348) Virtualization:...
SQL Server audit with windows ad group
I am trying to create a filter on a SQL Server audit to capture...
Deadlock graph anomaly
I've come across what appears to be a strange deadlock anomaly. As seen in...
Question of the Day
Deprecated Feature Tracking
From T-SQL, without requiring an XEvent session, can I tell which deprecated features are being used on my instance?
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