Converting a Datetime to UTC
I was in a need of converting some datetime values (of which I know the actual timezone) to UTC dates. A quick Google search showed me that most results...
2020-09-28 (first published: 2020-09-22)
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Blog Posts
Daily Coping 28 Sep 2020
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...
2020-09-28
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Azure SQL Offers Manual Failover for PaaS Resources
Sometime having the right command in place opens up new doors to test things, like a failover for example. In this post we will take a look at a...
2020-09-25 (first published: 2020-09-22)
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Daily Coping 25 Sep 2020
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...
2020-09-25
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Git Tricks–Getting a New Remote Branch–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. This is probably more for me than anyone,...
2020-09-25 (first published: 2020-09-16)
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Daily Coping 24 Sep 2020
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...
2020-09-24
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Optimize for Unknown for Inline Table-Valued Functions
I had a curious performance issue today. An inline table-valued function (iTVF) was performing poorly for some parameter sets, and quite fast for other parameter values. In short, this...
2020-09-24 (first published: 2020-09-17)
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Stop Letting Accessibility Be Optional In Your Power BI Reports
We don’t talk about inclusive design nearly enough in the Power BI community. I was trying to recall the last time I saw a demo report (from Microsoft or...
2020-09-24 (first published: 2020-09-17)
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[Coping] Dum Spiro Spero
Dum Spiro Spero – “While I breathe, I hope.” Because it’s the motto for South Carolina, it’s on the state seal. As a result, it is part of The...
2020-09-23
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A new malware attack on SQL Server
Tencent Security has released a report (written in Chinese) describing a new malware attack by the name of “MrbMiner” on SQL Server instances exposed to the Internet with passwords that can...
2020-09-23
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Blogs
A New Word: Anderance
By Steve Jones
anderance – n. the awareness that your partner perceives the relationship from a totally...
Troubleshooting SQL Server – Starting with the Error Log
By gbargsley
We’ve all been there. Someone walks up and asks, “Is SQL Server having issues?”...
From OLTP to Analytics: Bridging the Gap with Modern SQL Architectures
By Chris Yates
In the beginning, there was OLTP – Online Transaction Processing. Fast, reliable, and ruthlessly...
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Minimum Change Tracking Retention
If I am running this code:
ALTER DATABASE AdventureWorks2017 SET CHANGE_TRACKING = ON (CHANGE_RETENTION=xxx);What is the minimum amount of time I can set? See possible answers