Daily Coping 10 Feb 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...
2021-02-10
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Blog Posts
Fixing Python on Windows 10 – #SQLNewBlogger
The other day I picked up a laptop, opened a command prompt and typed “python” to check something. I got this: I did have Python 3.8 installed, so upgrading...
2021-02-10
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Grant or Revoke Permission on Power BI Report Server
I have created two new PowerShell functions for Granting or Revoking permission on items in the Power BI Report Catalog. These two will be the probably be the last...
2021-02-10
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Identifying SQL Server Performance Problems Part 2
Performance Monitoring Tools In this second post we are diving into what tools you can use to capture the important performance metrics you need to gather for baselining your...
2021-02-10
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Launching On-Demand Training Platform SQLibrium
I am thrilled to announce the launch of a new education initiative called SQLibrium. For years, I’ve traveled the world educating technical audiences on deep-dive topics around how data and...
2021-02-10 (first published: 2021-02-02)
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Power of Unlearning
(2021-Jan-31) Working on DIY home projects is always fun, choosing the right tools: whether I handle paperhanging scissors to cut my wallpapers, or create an opening and trim my drywall...
2021-02-10 (first published: 2021-02-01)
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Professionalism in the age of COVID-19
Some years ago, I wrote about what it means to be “professional” (and that it doesn’t mean having to wear a suit and tie). Recently a conversation broke out...
2021-02-10
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Daily Coping 9 Feb 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...
2021-02-09
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Getting SQL Agent Jobs and Job Steps Configuration
Recently I needed to take a look at all of the SQL Server Agent Jobs and their Jobs Steps for a customer. Specifically, I needed to review all of...
2021-02-09 (first published: 2021-02-03)
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Granting ADLS Gen2 Access for Power BI Users via ACLs
It’s common that users only have access to certain folders in an Azure Data Lake Storage container. These permissions are provided not through Azure RBAC (role-based access control) roles...
2021-02-09 (first published: 2021-02-04)
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Blogs
5 Starter Projects for Your AI and Data Engineering Portfolio
Reading tutorials is fine. Shipping something is better. If you are trying to break...
The Book of Redgate: Taking Breaks
By Steve Jones
We work hard at Redgate, though with a good work-life balance. One interesting observation...
Database AI Agents: The Read-Only Rule
By Arun Sirpal
Fourth in a series on Ai and databases. What Read-Only Advisory Actually Means A...
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Question of the Day
Running SQLCMD II
I run this command to start SQLCMD:
sqlcmd -S localhost -E -c "proceed"At the prompt, I type this (the 1> and 2> are prompts):
1> select @@version 2> goWhat happens? See possible answers