Approaches to running Databricks ETL code from Azure ADF
Databricks is fantastic, but there is a small issue with how people use it. The problem is that Databricks is all things to all people. Data scientists and data...
2020-06-03
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Blog Posts
BlitzFileStats custom module available for Inspector V2
BlitzFileStats is the latest addition to our custom module collection for reporting on data logged to tables using the First Responder kit, We created a new project where we plan on...
2020-06-03
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Daily Coping 3 Jun 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...
2020-06-03
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How should I store currency values in SQL Server?
On Twitter, Michael Dyrynda writes: ?? Never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever...
2020-06-03
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Lock your Azure SQL Database
So you have many databases in Azure, you accidentally deleted one which can happen and has happened to me because in my situation they had very similar naming conventions...
2020-06-03
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Refresh databases that belongs to Availability Group using dbatools
Few days ago I was surfing on Twitter when dbatools asked about how it’s PowerShell module changed the way people work. We're looking to highlight how dbatools has changed...
2020-06-03 (first published: 2020-05-20)
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Step-by-Step: iSCSI Target Server Cluster in Azure
I recently helped someone build an iSCSI target server cluster in Azure and realized that I never wrote a step-by-step guide for that particular configuration. So to remedy that,...
2020-06-03 (first published: 2020-05-20)
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What happens if your SQL Server editions are out of support? – a MinionWare snippet
The more your SQL Server is out of date, the more things become vulnerable, broken and unfixable, limited in features, and expensive.
The post What happens if your SQL Server...
2020-06-03
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What happens if your SQL Server editions are out of support? – a MinionWare snippet
The more your SQL Server is out of date, the more things become vulnerable, broken and unfixable, limited in features, and expensive.
The post What happens if your SQL Server...
2020-06-03
13 reads
Daily Coping 2 Jun 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...
2020-06-02
8 reads
Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Virtual Machine Usage and Cost
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve been requesting for a number of years is cost...
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
Blue Sky Programming – The Optimism Trap
Many years ago, before I joined Oracle, I was working on a major modernisation...
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits I
When running DBCC CHECKDB on SQL Server 2025, can I include the Resource Database?
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