Three Ways to Create a Temp Table
Taking it back to SQL 101 today because I recently saw something that floored me. I’m a big fan of temp tables. I use ’em all over the place...
2020-06-23
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Blog Posts
T-SQL Tuesday #127 – Non SQL Tips and Tricks, Referencing Multiple PowerShell Array Elements
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday invitation is from Ken Fisher and he’s asking about non-SQL tips and tricks. This had me thinking for a bit and then something popped into...
2020-06-23 (first published: 2020-06-09)
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Azure Platform Series: How to setup Azure Cloud Shell
This blog post will be a series on the Azure Platform and some things we can use it for. Background: I run a consultancy company – and sometimes I...
2020-06-22 (first published: 2020-06-06)
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Backup your SQL instances configurations to GIT with dbatools – Part 2 – Add parallelism
We have seen how we can export and save the results to a folder and commit them to a GIT repository on my last blog post Backup your SQL...
2020-06-22 (first published: 2020-06-04)
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Being seen and why PASS helped
One of my colleagues/friends read my earlier blog post on the future of PASS and said he was not aware that being seen as a minority person was among...
2020-06-22
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Prevent the next data breach – a MinionWare snippet
Dozens of major data breaches have occurred in the last fifteen years. Each one illustrates the massive cost – both in dollars and in reputation – of lax security....
2020-06-22
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Prevent the next data breach – a MinionWare snippet
Dozens of major data breaches have occurred in the last fifteen years. Each one illustrates the massive cost – both in dollars and in reputation – of lax security....
2020-06-22
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Prevent the next data breach – a MinionWare snippet
Dozens of major data breaches have occurred in the last fifteen years. Each one illustrates the massive cost – both in dollars and in reputation – of lax security....
2020-06-22
14 reads
Prevent the next data breach – a MinionWare snippet
Dozens of major data breaches have occurred in the last fifteen years. Each one illustrates the massive cost – both in dollars and in reputation – of lax security....
2020-06-22
13 reads
State of Database Monitoring
Redgate published a report that many of you helped with by providing information. First, thanks! Your info really helped. Second, do you want to see it? You can. Go...
2020-06-22
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Blogs
Moving On-Prem PostgreSQL to the Cloud: Picking the Right Path for Big Tables
Every PostgreSQL migration eventually hits the same fork in the road. The database is...
A Spread of Vacation
By Steve Jones
I’m off on vacation today. Which is a little weird as I just got...
How AgentDBA Identifies Backup Failures
By Arun Sirpal
Every DBA has a box like this. Sitting untouched for months. Nobody’s proud of...
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