Daily Coping 10 Feb 2023
Today’s coping tip is to send a message to let someone know you’re thinking of them. I reached out a friend the other day, someone I know from the...
2023-02-10
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Blog Posts
Daily Coping 9 Feb 2023
Today’s coping tip is to write down your hopes or plans for the future. Hopes are vague, and plans are easier, so here are some plans: Plan a trip...
2023-02-09
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Allow a user to only trigger pipelines in Azure Data Factory
Typically you have a bunch of pipelines that are started by one or more triggers. Sometimes, a pipeline needs to be manually triggered. For example, when the finance department...
2023-02-08 (first published: 2023-01-25)
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Creating a Flyway Desktop Shadow Database in PostgreSQL
In order to generate migrations, we need to configure Flyway to use a shadow database. This post looks at that process. This is part of a series of working...
2023-02-08 (first published: 2023-02-06)
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Recovering data with crash consistent snapshots
When we talk about snapshots of SQL Server there are two types, application consistent snapshots and crash consistent snapshots. Application consistent snapshots require freezing IO on a database allowing...
2023-02-08 (first published: 2023-01-25)
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Daily Coping 7 Feb 2023
Today’s coping tip is to go to bed in good time and allow yourself to recharge. I need this reminder. Lately I’ve struggled to sleep well, through the night,...
2023-02-07
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RMOUG Training Days in Denver
Next week I’m heading to the Lowry Conference Center in Denver for the RMOUG Training Days. The Rocky Mountain Oracle User Group has put this on for years, and...
2023-02-07
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Daily Coping 6 Feb 2023
Today’s coping tip is to get back in contact with an old friend. This is something I don’t do too often, but I have done a few times. I’ve...
2023-02-06
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Script to Install the Tools I Use on My Jumpbox
I wrote a blog post a few months ago about the tools I use on my jumpbox you can read here. Since then, I have
The post Script to Install...
2023-02-06 (first published: 2023-01-24)
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Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 01-31-2023
Hello Dear Reader! After a weekend with a lot of activities, it was a down week here at Casa Balls. Woke up and walked a lot. I'm still not...
2023-02-06
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
Radius Latitude Longitude
I have a table with latitude longitude in the format. 45.123456 , -111.123456 ,...
degree of parallelism
Team, I'm trying to figure out what will be the best recommendation to configure...
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