Daily Coping 10 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...
2020-09-10
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Blog Posts
Skip Validation of SSIS Packages
There’s been an update of the SSIS extension for Visual Studio 2019. There are some bug fixes and deployments are blocked to Azure-SSIS if the target server version is...
2020-09-10 (first published: 2020-09-02)
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Troubleshooting Performance issues Like Microsoft Engineers Part 4
In the previous parts, we explained How we can Troubleshooting the Performance issue using built-in reports in SQL Server and How we can collect SQL Server logs using PSSDIAG...
2020-09-10
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Troubleshooting Performance issues Like Microsoft Engineers Part 4
In the previous parts, we explained How we can Troubleshooting the Performance issue using built-in reports in SQL Server and How we can collect SQL Server logs using PSSDIAG...
2020-09-10
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Automating DBCC CHECKDB for Azure SQL DB with Azure Functions
Warning, this is a longer post from me than usual. The title is a mouthful and so is this post. In the past I have linked to blog posts...
2020-09-09
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Daily Coping 9 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...
2020-09-09
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Failing SQL Agent Jobs – Part 1
SQL Server Agent Jobs are one of the core features of SQL Server. Agent Jobs perform many actions, from maintenance tasks (server and database), data movement flows, replication, log...
2020-09-09 (first published: 2020-09-01)
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How SQL Server stores data types: XML
This week we’re looking at how the database engine stores the XML data type in SQL Server and Azure SQL Database. If you would like to read about storage of...
2020-09-09
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New Microsoft Azure Certifications presentation at BRSSUG
Hi internet!
Thanks to the surprising number of you who joined our first ever virtual meeting of the Baton Rouge .NET and SQL Server User Groups tonight!
I presented on the...
2020-09-09
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Podcast recording – Mixed Extents 01 – Cloud vs. On-Prem
I’m thrilled to have been part of the second EightKB Mixed Extents podcast recording where Joey D’Antoni, Melody Zacharias, Andrew Pruski, Mark Wilkinson, Anthony Nocentino, and I talked about...
2020-09-09 (first published: 2020-08-28)
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Blogs
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
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Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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