What do they want to hear?

I was helping my 16yo write his first college essay the other day. He’s always struggled a bit with writing ... Continue reading

Daily Coping 2 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...

T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #002: A Puzzling Situation

For the second T-SQL Tuesday ever — again, hosted by Adam Machanic — we were asked one of three options, and I elected to go with the first one:...

Using Write-Debug

I wrote a post about PoSh output recently, noting that in general we ought to use Write-Output or Write-Verbose for messaging. In there, I mentioned Write-Debug as well as...

Install SQL Server 2019 - Part 10

Azure SQL Database administration Tips and Hints Exam (DP-300)

Finally, I got my certification Azure Database administrator Associate for Exam (DP-300) after two times failure, during the journey of study I watched many courses, videos, and articles, and...

Azure SQL Database administration Tips and Hints Exam (DP-300)

Finally, I got my certification Azure Database administrator Associate for Exam (DP-300) after two times failure, during the journey of study I watched many courses, videos, and articles, and...

Persistent Server Name Metadata When Deploying SQL Server in Kubernetes

In this post, we will explore how a Pod name is generated, Pod Name lifecycle, how it’s used inside a Pod to set the system hostname, and how the...

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 30 Oct 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...