Announcing EightKB 2021
The first EightKB back in July was a real blast. Five expert speakers delivered mind-melting content to over 1,000 attendees!
We were honestly blown away by how successful the first...
2020-11-19
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Blog Posts
Daily Coping 19 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...
2020-11-19
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Microsoft Power BI Quick Start Guide – Second Edition
Earlier this week I announced the release of a new Power Platform book. While I’m super excited about that book I’m also excited to announce
2020-11-19 (first published: 2020-11-06)
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[Video] Azure SQL Database – Failing Over (Failover Groups)
Quick video showing you how to failover your Azure SQL Database between your primary and secondary location.
2020-11-18
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Daily Coping 18 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...
2020-11-18
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Monitoring and Tracking SQL Server Blocking & Deadlocks process
Introduction SQL Server deadlock one of the issues that can be happened in any SQL Server, today in this article I will not explain what is Deadlock and How...
2020-11-18 (first published: 2020-11-08)
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PowerShell Arrays and Hash Tables–#SQLNewblogger
I was watching the GroupBy talk the other day and noticed that Cláudio Silva was using arrays, or what appeared to be arrays, in his talk. That was an...
2020-11-18 (first published: 2020-11-09)
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Setting yourself up for online streaming success, PASS Virtual Summit style
Last week I presented on three separate occasions during what is considered the biggest Microsoft Data Platform conference of the year, the PASS Summit: Full-day pre-conference session Speaker Idol...
2020-11-18
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Thoughts on the 2020 PASS Virtual Summit as an Attendee
Last week was the first PASS Virtual Summit. This was the first time that the event wasn’t held in a live setting, and this was the third conference for...
2020-11-18
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[Solved] SQL Backup Detected Corruption in the Database Log
Summary: In this article, we will discuss about the ‘SQL Backup Detected Corruption in the Database Log’ error. It will also describe the reason behind the error and manual...
2020-11-17 (first published: 2020-11-06)
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Blogs
How AgentDBA Identifies Backup Failures
By Arun Sirpal
Every DBA has a box like this. Sitting untouched for months. Nobody’s proud of...
Tip: Expanding a SQL statement
In all recent versions of the database you can call DBMS_UTILITY.EXPAND_SQL_TEXT to get the...
AI Helps Me with My Sloppiness
By Steve Jones
I type fairly well. Well, I type fast, but I do wear out a...
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Question of the Day
Independence Day 2026
In the original Independence Day movie (1996), what type of computer did Jeff Goldblum use to connect to the alien mainframe? Take a guess, don't look it up or ask AI.
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