Daily Coping 3 Jan 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...
2022-01-03
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Blog Posts
On the nature of constant change
Recently my spouse and I travelled to South Africa (yes, I know there’s a pandemic on) to deal with a gloomy family matter that required in-person interaction. Being an...
2022-01-03 (first published: 2021-12-22)
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Searching dbatools–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I learned something new about dbatools. That’s using...
2022-01-03 (first published: 2021-12-22)
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Azure DB – A Quick Spelunk Into XEvents to Love
This is a very simple introduction into the creation of an Extended Event session using a template for Azure SQL DB. I demonstrate the use of the GUI to...
2022-01-02
63 reads
Last Week Reading (2022-01-02)
?? Press Efficient Upserts into Data Lakes with Databricks Delta When MERGE on data lake is inefficient. Building a Data Mesh Architecture in Azure – part 1 With this...
2022-01-02
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Last Week Reading (2022-01-02)
? Press Efficient Upserts into Data Lakes with Databricks Delta When MERGE on data lake is inefficient. Building a Data Mesh Architecture in Azure – part 1 With this...
2022-01-02
3 reads
Source Control – The Best GUI For Productivity
Source control is quintessential to a productive development environment. A well maintained and organized source control system is akin to having known-good database backups. Having the right tools to...
2022-01-02
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Memory – How to Find when Excess is a Bad Thing
Excessive memory grants are extremely problematic in SQL Server. These excessive grants do not just happen out of the blue. Memory grants are directly linked to the queries.
The post...
2022-01-01
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A Few #2021Wins
It’s the end of the year. I’m on vacation, celebrating time with family now, but I wanted to write this post. I got a prompt from LinkedIn last week...
2021-12-31
11 reads
Daily Coping 31 Dec 2021
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...
2021-12-31
15 reads
Blogs
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,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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