Daily Coping 5 Nov 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...

Error: 8623 - The query processor ran out of internal resources and could not produce a query plan

 Unfortunately a common error in many of our client environments is this:
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Error: 8623, Severity: 16, State: 1. The query processor ran out of internal resources and could not produce...

Quick Start to Using Influxdb on Macos

Intro
OSS 2.0 is a release candidate at this time, so this may change once it’s released.
It wasn’t quite clear to me how to get up and running quickly with...

ASF 034: Alex Yates interview (part 1)

Introduction Alex is a Data Platform MVP who loves DevOps. He’s has been helping data professionals apply DevOps principles to relational database development and deployment since 2010. He’s most...

Daily Coping 4 Nov 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...

Migrating SQL Server container images to the Github Container Registry

A couple of months ago Docker announced that they would be implementing a 6 month retention policy for unused images in the Docker Hub. This was due to kick...

PASS Virtual Summit 2020: I'm (Virtually) Presenting

I'll be presenting at 7AM Central Time in the first timeslot of the main three-day PASS Virtual Summit 2020 conference. It's long been a goal of mine to present...

Redgate SQL Data Masker Refreshing Schema

This is a quick blog to help me remember what is going on with the Data Masker product. This is for the SQL Server version, but I believe the...

Restoring Database Users After Copying the Database

A former colleague emailed me with a question about retaining/fixing database users and permissions after restoring a database. They were copying a database from one instance to another, with...

Restoring Database Users After Copying the Database

A former colleague emailed me with a question about retaining/fixing database users and permissions after restoring a database. They were copying a database from one instance to another, with...