Azure Data Engineer Certification Preparation
This week i got my new Azure Certification badge (Azure Data Engineer) and today i am writing this article to share all of the resources i collected it during...
2020-08-17
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Blog Posts
Daily Coping 17 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...
2020-08-17
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Installing FlywayDB
I’ve been working on a demo for a customer. Part of the demo uses a new Redgate product, but Flyway is a part of that. In testing a couple...
2020-08-17
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My New Favorite Demo Dataset: Dunder Mifflin Data
Those of us who write technical articles and deliver technical presentations are always on the lookout for the perfect data set for demonstration and testing. Microsoft has done a...
2020-08-17 (first published: 2020-08-06)
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New Youtube Video – Setup Perfmon for 24×7 Collection
I just released a new training video (one of many to be released in the upcoming months) showing you how to set up Windows Perfmon for ongoing 24×7 collection....
2020-08-17
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The Value of a Mentor
Something I’ve mentioned in previous career-related posts is the value of a mentor. In case it seemed more like a suggestion, let me be more direct about this: You...
2020-08-17
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[Coping] The Five Minute Journal
Reading Steve Jones’ posts about daily coping and seeing how it has affected me in a positive way, I’ve decided to share some of the things I’ve done to...
2020-08-14 (first published: 2020-07-30)
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Daily Coping 14 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...
2020-08-14
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Without PASS, Our Community is Worse Off
This year the PASS Summit is virtual. I’m speaking, as a donation, and Monica Rathbun has written some thoughts on the event. I’m hoping that attendance is high enough...
2020-08-14 (first published: 2020-08-06)
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Daily Coping 13 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...
2020-08-13
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Blogs
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...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
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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