DBA in the Cloud: Threat or Opportunity?
Five years ago the term “cloud” was still a buzzword, and there was a lot of uncertainty and misconception around...
2014-09-16
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Blog Posts
DevConnections 2014
It’s time for Devconnections again, and I’m back in Las Vegas for the conference. This is a great conference if...
2014-09-16
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PASS Summit 2014 Pre-Conference Seminar
I’m putting on a pre-conference seminar (also known as a pre-con) at the PASS Summit this year. I’m really honored...
2014-09-16
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Performance/ Management Data Warehouse Data Collector & AlwaysOn Availability Groups
Verwaltungs-Data Warehouse Datensammler & AlwaysOn Hochverfügbarkeitsgruppen
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This time, we are dealing with the „MDW“, short for Management Data Warehouse,(msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb677306.aspx), which I like...
2014-09-16
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Speaking at SQLSaturday #311 Bulgaria
More good news! I will be speaking on SQLSaturday #311 Bulgaria.
If you read this blog and will attend the event,...
2014-09-16
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SQL – List Primary key and Concatenate composite Keys into a single row separed by comma
The following query lists all the Primary keys of all the table.
OP has requested to list all PK and composite...
2014-09-16 (first published: 2014-09-10)
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SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 43
I’ve got most of the messages up through Sep 27th drafted. Still need to tweak a couple, but close to...
2014-09-16
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We’re On
We crossed the $10k mark for the Argenis Without Borders campaign, meaning that Brent, Grant, Adam, Gail, and myself will...
2014-09-16
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Creation & Deletion of Database Snapshot by SQL Agent Job
Some days back, I received one query on my facebook page that user want to create Database Snapshot frequently & want...
2014-09-15
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Creation & Deletion of Database Snapshot by SQL Agent Job
Some days back, I received one query on my facebook page that user want to create Database Snapshot frequently & want to delete the oldest with same frequency. Quite...
2014-09-15
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Blogs
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
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Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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