Daily Coping 16 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...
2020-09-16
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Blog Posts
If not me, then who?
[Content Warning: this post contains references to subjects that may trigger a trauma response. Read with caution.] This is not a technical post. I was going to write about...
2020-09-16
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Resizing Tempdb (When TEMPDB Wont Shrink)
Occasionally, we must resize or realign our Tempdb log file (.ldf) or data files (.mdf or .ndf) due to a growth event that forces the file size out of...
2020-09-16 (first published: 2020-09-09)
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Automate Credit Card Audits
In this article, I have shown how to use the power of automation to help identify the risk of having card data stored in the database. Identifying this risk...
2020-09-15 (first published: 2020-09-08)
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Automation Ideas for T-SQL Tuesday #130
This month we have another great T-SQL Tuesday topic, and again, a host that I pressured into writing the invitation. Elizabeth Noble (@SQLZelda) and I were talking DevOps last...
2020-09-15 (first published: 2020-09-08)
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Azure DevOps at the Data Platform Summit 2020
I was lucky enough to go to the Data Platform Summit in 2017. I still have one of my favorite speaking pictures from the event: I took my whole...
2020-09-15
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Daily Coping 15 Aug 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...
2020-09-15
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Daily Coping 14 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...
2020-09-14
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Reflections on Being a New Gopher With A Dotnet Background
Disclaimer
Newbie Gopher.
Much of what I observe is likely to be half right.
I’ll probably look back at the end of the year and shake my head, but gotta start the...
2020-09-14 (first published: 2020-09-07)
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T-SQL Tuesday #130 – Automate Permissions Audits
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is being hosted by Elizabeth Noble. The subject chosen “what have you automated to make your life easier?” For me the topic is near and...
2020-09-14 (first published: 2020-09-08)
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Blogs
Using Prompt AI for a Travel Data Analysis
By Steve Jones
I was looking back at my year and decided to see if SQL Prompt...
FinOps for Kubernetes: Leveraging OpenCost, KubeGreen, and Kubecost for Cost Efficiency
In the era of cloud-native applications, Kubernetes has become the default standard platform for...
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
Forums
reaching ftp thru winscp but erroring in ssis ftp task connection
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Finding Motivation
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
What does this code return?
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