Goal Progress for May 2022
I set goals at the beginning of the year, and I’m tracking my progress in these updates during 2022. A few days late, and I missed April, but I’m...
2022-06-03
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Blog Posts
How can I use the identity column, without knowing identity column’s name.
One of the most fun parts of blogging is when you learn something completely unexpected while writing a blog. The ... Continue reading
2022-06-03 (first published: 2022-05-12)
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Speaking on Ethics in Modern Data at Improving Edge 2022
Christine and I are looking forward to speaking at the Improving Edge conference, co-presenting our session on Monday, June 6th. Our presentation on “Ethics in Modern Data” features topics relevant...
2022-06-03
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Two Percent, Five Percent, More?
I was reading Seth Godin today and he makes this claim: If 2% of a population takes coordinated action, it makes a difference. If 5% do, it can change...
2022-06-03 (first published: 2022-05-12)
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Branding Yourself for A Dream Job Slides
Slides from today’s talk at DataGrillen Branding Yourself for a Dream Job.
2022-06-02
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Daily Coping 2 Jun 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...
2022-06-02
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SQL Homework – June 2022 – SQL Agent Jobs continued.
A few years ago I gave you homework to create a SQL Agent Job and play with it a little ... Continue reading
2022-06-02
25 reads
Daily Coping 1 Jun 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...
2022-06-01
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How you can save up to 80% on Azure Data Factory pricing
… with this one weird little trick 🙂 Sorry for the clickbait, but you can actually save a lot on ADF pricing if you design your pipelines carefully. And...
2022-06-01 (first published: 2022-05-11)
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Performance of Azure Shared Disk with Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS)
On September 9th, 2021, Microsoft announced the general availability of Zone-Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disk Storage, including Azure Shared Disk. What makes this interesting is that you can...
2022-06-01 (first published: 2022-05-11)
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Blogs
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
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Backup to Immutable Storage
In SQL Server 2025, a backup can be made on Azure Immutable Storage. What changes in how the backup is created?
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