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Platforms for Events

in my last post I wrote about thinking of the tools as being a separate thing from the event. Not a complicated concept, but does it matter? Maybe. Let...

2021-01-16

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The End of PASS

I think our profession was the better for having a professional association, even if it never quite did as much as I wanted it to. I put a lot...

2021-01-16

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Blog Post

The End of PASS

I think our profession was the better for having a professional association, even if it never quite did as much as I wanted it to. I put a lot...

2021-01-16

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Connecting to SharePoint Lists with SSIS

SharePoint lists are popular and simple tools for storing modestly-sized discrete sets of data. SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) includes a source component to allow reading data from SharePoint...

2021-01-15 (first published: )

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Advice I Like: Respect

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“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...

Blue Sky Programming – The Optimism Trap

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Many years ago, before I joined Oracle, I was working on a major modernisation...

Setting Up a Mac for Data Engineering and AI Work

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If you work with data pipelines, SQL, notebooks, or machine learning models, a Mac...

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DBCC CHECKDB Limits I

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DBCC CHECKDB Limits I

When running DBCC CHECKDB on SQL Server 2025, can I include the Resource Database?

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