Daily Coping 9 Sep 2022
Today’s coping tip is to let go of self-criticism and speak to yourself kindly. This tip follows on nicely from yesterday’s tip, just the other side of that one....
2022-09-09
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Blog Posts
How To Linux: A Windows Administrator’s Guide to Linux for the Newbie
Well, it’s long overdue that I left the comfort of my Windows GUI and ventured into the world of Linux. Mind you I have dabbled a very little bit...
2022-09-09 (first published: 2022-08-29)
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SQL Saturday Baton Rogue Recap
Thank you to everyone who came out and saw me present at the SQL Saturday in Baton Rogue! It was a blast to see smiling faces and not be...
2022-09-09 (first published: 2022-08-23)
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Daily Coping 8 Sep 2022
Today’s tip is to notice the things you do well, however small. I think I have a lot of room for improvement, and it’s easy to self-criticize and find...
2022-09-08
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A simple lab to demonstrate the danger of NOLOCKs in INSERT statements
The READ UNCOMMITTED isolation level, which the NOLOCK table hint activates, is not to be trusted when it comes to writing data. You are not always protected by error...
2022-09-07 (first published: 2022-08-25)
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Daily Coping 7 Sep 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-09-07
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Thinking about data points and more …
(2022-Aug-28) Going on a family vacation road trip always fills me with a myriad of happy emotions and expectations to explore new places, see new people and essentially be led...
2022-09-07 (first published: 2022-08-29)
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Daily Coping 6 Sep 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-09-06
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Daily Coping 5 Sep 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-09-05
12 reads
Database Fundamentals #33: Check Constraints from the GUI
The other types of constraints are referred to as check constraints. They limit the data by defining a logical operation that checks the state of the data prior to...
2022-09-05
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Blogs
Regression Testing: DAX User Defined Functions
User Defined Functions is a new feature in PowerBI currently in public preview. There...
The fundamental requirements of a reporting system
By ChrisJenkins
There are some fundamental boxes that your reporting system must tick. ✅ The figures...
Seeing the Bigger Picture: How A Monitoring Tool Changed My Approach to Estate Management
By Chris Yates
When it comes to managing complex database environments, having the right monitoring solution is...
Forums
SQL MI Next-gen general purpose tier
Has anyone used Azure SQL MI on the next-gen general purpose tier, Microsoft documentation...
Create an HTML Report on the Status of SQL Server Agent Jobs
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The Last Good DBCC Run
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The Last Good DBCC Run
I want to check when DBCC CHECKDB was last run on my Baseball database. What code should I use?
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