Daily Coping 24 Jun 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...
2021-06-24
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Blog Posts
Speaking at Data ANZ 2021
Looking forward to speaking at Data ANZ 2021 this weekend. Data ANZ "is the data community event for the whole of Australia and New Zealand (and the world)"!
I'll be presenting...
2021-06-24
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A summary of new features in Azure SQL Database
It has been some time since I last wrote about Azure SQL Database. Although it has been more than three years since SQL Server 2017 was released, Microsoft have...
2021-06-23
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Azure Function Drain mode
(2021-Jun-16) Recently, Google started to notify me that my blog website (http://datanrg.blogspot.com/) had been experiencing some ‘Server (5xx)’ errors. Nothing has been changed on my side, and I’m not sure how...
2021-06-23 (first published: 2021-06-16)
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Azure SQL Managed Instance Versions
Just a really quick FYI for the readers. If you are using Managed Instances in Azure (If not, why not?) and you connect vis SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio)...
2021-06-23
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Daily Coping 23 Jun 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...
2021-06-23
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Find Queries Using a Key Lookup Operator
While teaching about Extended Events and Execution Plans last week, Jason, one of the people in the class, asked: Is there a way in Extended Events to find queries...
2021-06-23 (first published: 2021-06-14)
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Daily Coping 22 Jun 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...
2021-06-22
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P2 Puts Easy, Flexible Project Tracking Tools In Your Hands
Improve your team's workflow and productivity with these project tracking blocks.
2021-06-22
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Why are my permissions missing?
You’d be amazed (or maybe you wouldn’t) how often I hear this: “I used to be able to do xyz ... Continue reading
2021-06-22
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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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Independence Day 2026
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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