Daily Coping 3 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...
2022-06-03
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Blog Posts
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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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
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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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Blogs
Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
By Zikato
When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
T-SQL Tuesday #200: When I Look at a Query …
By Steve Jones
This month is a milestone for T-SQL Tuesday. It’s number 200, which doesn’t sound...
Reflections on the Life of a DBA
The DBA life is fraught with pain. Those battles that we endure are mostly...
Forums
cons for a dev machine in a different version of sql from our prod server
hi, im not a dba. For a couple of years our dev sql server...
Inquiry – Enforcing ApplicationIntent=ReadOnly via GPO
Hello, I would like to ask whether it is technically possible to redirect a...
Calculating Geometric Mean in Power BI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Calculating Geometric Mean in Power...
Question of the Day
Checking the Error Log I
On my SQL Server 2025, I want to search the error log from my T-SQL code for potential issues and then inform an administrator. What is the current way to easily query the error log?
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