Daily Coping 23 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...
2022-06-23
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Blog Posts
Backing up to s3 Compatible Object Storage with SQL Server
Introducing S3 in SQL Server 2022 S3 compatible object storage integration is a new feature introduced in SQL Server 2022. There are two significant areas where SQL Server leverages...
2022-06-22 (first published: 2022-06-06)
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Daily Coping 22 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...
2022-06-22
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Metadata-driven pipelines in Azure Data Factory | Part 3
(2022-Jun-06) This blog post is a collaborative effort of several people, some of them I currently work with, and others' contributions came from their writing, so it’s more than natural...
2022-06-22 (first published: 2022-06-07)
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Daily Coping 21 June 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...
2022-06-21
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How to Reset the SA Password When Locked Out
Getting locked out of a SQL Server instance can happen due to a number of situations. The most common scenario I’ve encountered is when a SQL Server is moved...
2022-06-21
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Scary Scalar Functions - Part One: Parallelism
Foreword
I’m still surprised many people don’t realise how lousy Scalar functions (aka User Defined Functions aka UDFs) are. So because it’s my current focus in work and this Stack...
2022-06-21
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What’s next?
As I’m sure a fair number of you already know I was told my position had been eliminated. They are ... Continue reading
2022-06-21
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Daily Coping 20 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...
2022-06-20
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Microsoft Build event announcements
There were a number of data platform announcements at Microsoft Build yesterday that I wanted to blog about. Everything announced at Build can be found in the Microsoft Build 2022...
2022-06-20 (first published: 2022-05-25)
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Blogs
Upgrading SQL Server Containers on the Laptop
By Steve Jones
I don’t have SQL Server installed on my laptop. In an effort to keep...
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech
By gbargsley
If you’ve been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...
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How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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