T-SQL Tuesday #133 - Taking a Break
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community blogger each month, and this month James McGillivray (blog | twitter) asks us about our views on...
2021-01-13
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Blog Posts
T-SQL Tuesday #134–Taking a Break
I’m a day late for T-SQL Tuesday this month, literally because I was taking a break. Yesterday I took a holiday to go snowboarding with a friend. The weekend...
2021-01-13
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Daily Coping 12 Jan 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...
2021-01-12
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Git in 10 commands to do 99% of gitting and keeping out of trouble
Git is hard, probably harder than it needs to be but I have been using it for about 5 years and have a workflow that works for me. I...
2021-01-12
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Importance of data governance in the Covid era
One common theme that stood out last year is the oversupply of data to our fingertips. In my line of work as a data professional, I produce, consume and...
2021-01-12 (first published: 2021-01-05)
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Moving On From PASS. What’s Next?
The COVID-19 global pandemic was by far the biggest influencer of 2020. This virus has cost over 1.8 million lives worldwide, and has upended normal life and commerce for...
2021-01-12
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Moving On From PASS. What’s Next?
The COVID-19 global pandemic was by far the biggest influencer of 2020. This virus has cost over 1.8 million lives worldwide, and has upended normal life and commerce for...
2021-01-12
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Saving the Day from Delay: Recap & Series Kick-Off
Ironically, I’m a few months behind on a recap for my presentation on building and using a sustainable, dynamic date query in M code – Saving the Day from...
2021-01-12 (first published: 2021-01-05)
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Security update for all supported versions of SQL Server (CVE-2021-1636)
Microsoft announced updates today for all supported versions of SQL Server, for a privilege escalation vulnerability that leverages Extended Events. For security reasons no further details have been provided, but...
2021-01-12
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Sometimes a change is as good as a break : T-SQL Tuesday #134
James McGillivray (blog|twitter) wants us to give him a break. Well. Actually I guess he wants to know how we ... Continue reading
2021-01-12
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