Multi-subnet AlwaysON Failover Testing - Part 2
Let’s do Multi-subnet AlwaysON failover testing for different scenarios
2020-07-21
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Blog Posts
2020-07-21
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Refreshing a Power BI Dataset in Azure Data Factory
I recently needed to ensure that a Power BI imported dataset would be refreshed after populating data in my data mart. I was already using Azure Data Factory to...
2020-07-21 (first published: 2020-07-09)
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Snowflake – Understanding constraints
One of the concepts in Snowflake that I find many struggle with is how constraints are handled. If you come from a traditional database platform such as Microsoft SQL...
2020-07-21 (first published: 2020-07-08)
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AWS Deployment Pipelines
I’m at the just barely scratching the surface level of getting started with AWS Deployment Pipelines. Of course, the first thing I want to do with them is get...
2020-07-20
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Checking Azure SQL DB service tier via T-SQL
If you have to manage or work with an Azure SQL database and want to know what service tier the database is currently operating, but you don't have access...
2020-07-20
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Checking Azure SQL DB service tier via T-SQL
If you have to manage or work with an Azure SQL database and want to know what service tier the database is currently operating, but you don't have access...
2020-07-20
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Consistency Architecture in Azure Cosmos DB
In my first article in Azure Cosmos DB, we talked about What is Cosmos DB and How to provisions it, then in the Second article we talked about Partitioning Architecture in Azure Cosmos...
2020-07-20
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Daily Coping 20 Jul 2020
I’ve 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...
2020-07-20
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Database Fundamentals #27: Creating a Primary Key in the Table Designer
Defining primary keys is the hardest part of the operation. You will need to work very closely with the business in order to define exactly what column or columns...
2020-07-20 (first published: 2020-07-14)
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Blogs
10 Decisions to Make Before You Create A Fabric Workspace
Creating a Fabric workspace takes about 30 seconds. Restructuring workspaces after people have built...
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
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You Need a DBA Pipeline
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Question of the Day
Adding new column with DEFAULT II
Which number did the two COUNT(*) return:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #tmp CREATE TABLE #tmp (id INT NOT NULL) INSERT INTO #tmp (id) SELECT gs.value FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 5) AS gs ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD my_value INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 1 SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1 ALTER TABLE #tmp DROP CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 2 FOR my_value SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1See possible answers