Hobby: Original Batmobile (1989) from Lego
Man does not live by work alone. Everyone needs a hobby, preferably in isolation from their daily work. There is not much to read in this post. As a...
2021-06-25
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Blog Posts
Let’s Celebrate Pride by Supporting Nonprofits
For Pride this year, we’re highlighting queer nonprofits and charities. It’s more important than ever to support the queer community and raise awareness for those who do so all...
2021-06-25 (first published: 2021-06-15)
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Rejected for a Speaking Submission
I got a speaking rejection today. Well, not today, but the day I wrote this. Not really a big deal, but it was interesting that the event organizer included...
2021-06-25
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Using SQL Compare for One Procedure
A customer recently was concerned about the time to run SQL Compare for a large database. They were synching with the command line, but at times they want to...
2021-06-25 (first published: 2021-06-11)
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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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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
358 reads
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
16 reads
Blogs
SQL Server sa Account Security: Rename, Disable & Best Practices
By SQLPals
SQL Server sa Account Security: Rename, Disable & Best Practices In...
Stanford Emerging Technology Review 2026 Report is out
By Brian Kelley
Artificial Intelligence and quantum computing are two areas of emerging technology that receive most...
How I Troubleshoot a Slow SQL Server Live
No two SQL Server environments are alike. A fix that resolves a performance issue...
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