T-SQL Tuesday #156–Ready for Production
It’s a busy time for me, but it’s also T-SQL Tuesday blog party day. I’m rushing a bit as I forgot about this (thanks for the reminder, Deb) and...
2022-11-08
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Blog Posts
Daily Coping 7 Nov 2022
Today’s coping tip is to identify three things that give you hope for the future. The creativity and passion of youth The drive from many people who build software...
2022-11-07
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The SQL Server Central Casino Party #SeattleSummitMoments
Redgate started a new marketing thing and I like it. They’re asking for memories of attending the Summit in Seattle. I’ve been lucky enough to go to many of...
2022-11-07 (first published: 2022-10-25)
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What can you do with a SELECT statement without a FROM clause?
Some people have shower thoughts, I have 1am thoughts. In this case it was the only keyword required in a ... Continue reading
2022-11-07 (first published: 2022-10-25)
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Daily Coping 4 Nov 2022
Today’s coping tip is to plan a fun or exciting activity to look forward to. I almost shouldn’t do this much, since I’ve had a great year with plenty...
2022-11-04
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From Manual to DevOps at the Data Community Summit
This year the annual PASS Data Community Summit is hybrid, both in-person and virtual. It’s exciting to have this coming back and I look forward to seeing people in...
2022-11-04 (first published: 2022-10-21)
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Goal Progress for Oct 2022
I set goals at the beginning of the year, and I’m tracking my progress in these updates during 2022. Another month of busy stuff. Prepping for the Data Community...
2022-11-04
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Notes on SQLSaturday Orlando 2022
First, the numbers. We registered 240 people, had about 110 on site. That’s definitely better than last year and still quite a bit under what it was pre-Covid. I’ll...
2022-11-04 (first published: 2022-10-19)
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The Way0utwest Joker #SeattleSummitMoments
I work for Redgate, who has been a great sponsor of the Summit in the past and now is charged with stewarding the event into the future. This post...
2022-11-04
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Validating Backups: PGSQL Phriday #002
It’s time again for the another PGSQL Phriday, this time, the question has been asked: How do you do PostgreSQL backups? Honesty up front. I’m very much just beginning...
2022-11-04
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Blogs
Chatting with Power BI: Who Benefits from This Conversation?
By Rayis Imayev
"Dave: Open the pod bay doors, HAL.HAL: I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t...
A Quick Look at Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
Redgate acquired a data modeling tool from Vertabelo recently and I wanted to explore...
Prepping for Certification, Part 2 of ?
By Brian Kelley
The advantage of understanding the make-up of the exam: I can tailor my efforts...
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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