Where is your Awesome?
One unequivocal point to note is that loving oneself is a precursor to awesomeness. You can't be awesome if you don't love yourself. Period!
2020-09-06
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Blog Posts
Certified Azure Database Administrator (DP-300) – Passed!!!
Deja Vu, back in March I saw a Tweet about the beta Microsoft Certification Exam DP-300. I work with Azure and Databases, so I thought to myself why not...
2020-09-04 (first published: 2020-08-20)
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Daily Coping 4 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...
2020-09-04
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Extended Events: Filter on Stored Procedure Name
I just received a question about Extended Events: What about filtering on the stored procedure name. You know I love writing and talking about Extended Events. The answer is,...
2020-09-04 (first published: 2020-08-24)
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Azure SQL Database for the DBA
Last month I gave a presentation to The PASS Hybrid VG https://hybrid.pass.org/. Now is a good time to become “cloud ready” as a DBA and my presentation gives a...
2020-09-03
51 reads
Daily Coping 3 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...
2020-09-03
28 reads
Exchanging Schemas with SQL Compare Snapshots
Recently I was working with a customer and they asked if they could somehow package up their schema without the data and send this to a colleague. Absolutely, and...
2020-09-03 (first published: 2020-08-26)
227 reads
New Logo, More Family Contributions
Kristyna and I were looking for an update to our logo prior our sponsorship and speaking at the Minnesota SQL Server User Group (PASSMN) in September 2020. I had...
2020-09-03
54 reads
Persist Sample Percent in SQL Server IS NOT PERSISTED!
When a bug jumps out and surprises me I like to share it so others do not run into the same unexpected result. I don’t think there is any...
2020-09-03 (first published: 2020-08-24)
850 reads
When one of your DBA colleagues leaves the company, what is your checklist?
Whether it’s in our personal lives or the professional one, we do have checklists for certain tasks. On the professional level, it can be purely technical like SQL Server...
2020-09-03
23 reads
Blogs
Capturing My Own Metrics: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
A customer was trying to compare two tables and capture a state as a...
Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
By Zikato
When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
T-SQL Tuesday #200: When I Look at a Query …
By Steve Jones
This month is a milestone for T-SQL Tuesday. It’s number 200, which doesn’t sound...
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Checking the Error Log I
On my SQL Server 2025, I want to search the error log from my T-SQL code for potential issues and then inform an administrator. What is the current way to easily query the error log?
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