Data Saturday #8–Southwest US
I am very excited to announce that I will be speaking for Data Saturday #8 – Southwest US, coming up on Saturday, May 15, 2021. I will be delivering...
2021-05-08
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Blog Posts
Data Weekender v3.1
I am super excited about this new version of Data Weekender, coming up on Saturday, May 15, 2021. This will be the third time I have been selected to...
2021-05-08
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Thanks Kathi and Mala
I have to thank Kathi and Mala for putting on the WIT Mental Health and Wellness today today. I was honored to present, but I was more glad that...
2021-05-08
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Altering a Computed Column in a Temporal Table in Azure SQL
System-versioned temporal tables were introduced in SQL Server 2016. They provide information about data stored in the table at any point in time by storing an effective dated version...
2021-05-07 (first published: 2021-04-22)
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Basic OFFSET–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. The other day I saw an article on...
2021-05-07 (first published: 2021-04-21)
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Daily Coping 7 May 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...
2021-05-07
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Goal Progress for April 2021
I set goals at the beginning of the year, and I’m tracking my progress in these updates during 2021. As I look at goal progress for 2021, I’m going...
2021-05-07
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Understanding NUMA in SQL Server VMs
Last Updated on January 8, 2022 by John Morehouse What really is NUMA and why do we as database administrators care? NUMA stands for “Non-uniform Memory Access” and allows...
2021-05-07
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A notebook, a guideline, and a workshop
I've come to the conclusion that most of us need to hear this: You cannot do Bullet Journaling wrong; your journal is a tool that's there for you, not...
2021-05-06
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A notebook, a guideline, and a workshop
I've come to the conclusion that most of us need to hear this: You cannot do Bullet Journaling wrong; your journal is a tool that's there for you, not...
2021-05-06
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Blogs
Learn about Modern Microsoft Apps in San Diego
By Steve Jones
I wrote about learning today for the editorial: I Can’t Make You Learn. I...
How To Deploy Fabric SQL and Azure SQL Databases with Azure DevOps
By ReviewMyDB
Fabric has CI/CD built in, but if you've tried to use it for database...
A New Word: Attriage
By Steve Jones
attriage – n. the state of having lost all control over how you feel...
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits II
I have a SQL Server 2025 database that I want to check for corruption every night. One of the things we do is disable indexes used for ETL loads during the weekend and re-enable them on Monday morning. If we run DBCC over the weekend, are our disabled indexes checked for consistency?
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