Daily Coping 25 Jul 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...
2022-07-25
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Blog Posts
Database Fundamentals #32: Create Unique Constraints with T-SQL
In the last Database Fundamentals post, I explained what a unique constraint was and how you can create them using the GUI. Using TSQL to create a constraint is...
2022-07-25
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New Database Job – The 90 Day Plan
In my first post, I reference that by the end of your first 30 days you should have a 90-day plan of things to tackle at your job and...
2022-07-25 (first published: 2022-07-12)
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Talking DevOps with Scott
The SQL Solutions Group asked me to do a webinar with them, which is still an honor for me. They’ve been working with various clients on DevOps development practices,...
2022-07-25
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T-SQL Tuesday #152 – The crazy login client
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Deborah Melkin(b|t), and she has an interesting topic. She wants us to write a rant on a scenario we encountered at a...
2022-07-25 (first published: 2022-07-12)
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Adopting a DevOps Process for your Database – SQL Saturday New Jersey 2022
I had a great talk today at SQL Saturday New Jersey 2022 on DevOps and databases. Good crowd and good questions. Got caught in a spotlight picture as well:...
2022-07-23
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Daily Coping 22 Jul 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...
2022-07-22
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Register as a Pre-Con Speaker
I’ve been debating how we better organize speaker resources and one of the things I proposed was a pre-con registry of speakers. I did so at the sqlsaturday blog....
2022-07-22 (first published: 2022-07-13)
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SQLServerCarpenter Tools
Over the past couple of years, I’ve developed several tools that I’ve been using during my Performance Tuning and other related assignments. I thought to share it with the...
2022-07-22 (first published: 2022-07-11)
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Daily Coping 21 Jul 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...
2022-07-21
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Blogs
Moving On-Prem PostgreSQL to the Cloud: Picking the Right Path for Big Tables
Every PostgreSQL migration eventually hits the same fork in the road. The database is...
A Spread of Vacation
By Steve Jones
I’m off on vacation today. Which is a little weird as I just got...
How AgentDBA Identifies Backup Failures
By Arun Sirpal
Every DBA has a box like this. Sitting untouched for months. Nobody’s proud of...
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In the original Independence Day movie (1996), what type of computer did Jeff Goldblum use to connect to the alien mainframe? Take a guess, don't look it up or ask AI.
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