How to burn down your house while frying a turkey
It’s an odd query, yes, but in preparation to write this post I actually typed the above phrase into my...
2014-11-26
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Blog Posts
SQL Saturday Parma – English Slide decks available to download
My SQL Saturday Parma slide decks are available to download on SlideShare.
The main topic of those presentations is database lifecycle management (DLM)...
2014-11-26
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Vital Statistics and Health Checks
This post has nothing, absolutely nothing, to do with SQL Server. It does, however, relate to your career as a...
2014-11-26 (first published: 2014-11-17)
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What is Azure Data Factory?
The Azure Data Factory is a service designed to allow developers to integrate disparate data sources. It is a platform...
2014-11-26
2,066 reads
When the Problem is Not Them. It’s You.
Hello Dear Reader! I’ve been the Data Platform Management Lead at Pragmatic Works for almost two years now. It’s been...
2014-11-26
1,251 reads
Who’s on call
Kenneth Fisher:
I really enjoyed writing this post last year and honestly still enjoy reading it myself. And since tomorrow is...
2014-11-26
1,054 reads
Exam Prep 70-463: Tables and Schemas
Well, the PASS Summit has come and gone and it was *awesome*. What a difference from my first Summit experience,...
2014-11-25 (first published: 2014-11-17)
8,732 reads
PASS Summit 2014 ~ My GameTime Experience
“How did you like your convention?”
“How was your trip?”
“What did you learn?”
“Where did you go for a week?”
“Who did you...
2014-11-25
1,540 reads
SQL Saturday NYC
I excited to say that PASS SQL Saturday NYC is back on the schedule and will be May 30, 2015...
2014-11-25
1,011 reads
SQLSaturday Returns to NYC 2015!
November 25, 2014 - Good
news in Gotham! Well you asked for it! You
wanted it! You waited for it! And now it's...
2014-11-25
1,521 reads
Blogs
Using SQL Compare with Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
Redgate recently released SQL Compare v16, which included a new feature to work with...
Who’s the Winningest Coach (with AI Help)
By Steve Jones
I was listening to the radio the other day and the hosts were discussing...
Learning from Mistakes: T-SQL Tuesday #194
By Steve Jones
We’re a week late, once again my fault. I was still coming out of...
Forums
Azure-SSIS, Self-Hosted Integration Runtime, & Data Gateway?
Looking to confirm my understanding of these three products and how they can be...
Basic Always On Groups Randomly Stop Synchronizing
In one of my environments I have 3 pairs of Always On SQL 2022...
Learning From Breakage
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Question of the Day
Adding and Dropping Columns I
I have this table in my SQL Server 2022 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CityList] ( [CityNameID] [int] NOT NULL IDENTITY(1, 1), [CityName] [varchar] (30) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOI decide to add two new columns for the StateProvince and Country. What code should I use? See possible answers