Daily Coping 25 May 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...
2022-05-25
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Blog Posts
Data is not immutable
Information — in the form of data — usually stored as binary 1s and 0s in an electronic data store, is not immutable. Even the hardiest data storage designed...
2022-05-25
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Logic Apps and Source Control (with PowerShell)
At a data warehouse project I’m using a couple of Logic Apps to do some lightweight data movements. For example: reading a SharePoint list and dumping the contents into...
2022-05-25 (first published: 2022-04-20)
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Reblog from Brent Ozar: Designing a Data Model for Gender and Sexuality (Oh And Also, I’m Pansexual)
This is a repost of a blog by Brent Ozar. I seriously doubt anyone reading this post hasn’t seen Brent’s ... Continue reading
2022-05-25
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Reblog from Brent Ozar: Designing a Data Model for Gender and Sexuality (Oh And Also, I’m Pansexual)
This is a repost of a blog by Brent Ozar. I seriously doubt anyone reading this post hasn’t seen Brent’s ... Continue reading
2022-05-25
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Techorama 2022 – Session Materials
You can find my slidedeck for the session “Introduction to Azure Data Factory” on Github:https://github.com/KoenVerbeeck/SessionMaterials All demos given in the session are explained in the ADF tutorial at MSSQLTips.com.
The...
2022-05-25
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Visualizing SQL
While I think SQL is interesting, I know some people struggle with the way the language work. Someone at work posted a link to this site: https://animatesql.com/ I think...
2022-05-25 (first published: 2022-04-18)
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Daily Coping 24 May 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...
2022-05-24
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New Extended Events in SQL Server 2022
SQL Server 2022 CTP is here
It has been announced today (2022-05-24) during the MS Build event. The blog post includes a download link. Unfortunately, the Docker container is...
2022-05-24
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Notes on SQLSaturday Jacksonville 2022
I drove up to Jacksonville Friday afternoon to allow for bad traffic and immediately hit bad traffic, all four lanes of I-4 blocked that resulted in a 30 minute...
2022-05-24
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Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
Forums
Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB
Hi, I have a SQL Server instance where users connect to via Windows Authentication,...
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Question of the Day
Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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