Daily Coping 4 May 2020
I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each...
2020-05-04
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Blog Posts
Database Fundamentals #24: More Filtering Data
In this Database Fundamentals post we continue discussing the functionality of the WHERE clause. We started with the basics of the logic using things like AND, OR and LIKE...
2020-05-04
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Decoded Statistics Names and More
Auto-generated statistics names can seem like they are entirely random, but there is a method to the madness. With a little effort and a bit of TSQL trickery, we...
2020-05-04 (first published: 2020-04-17)
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Improved Windows Terminal Setup
I’ve long been a Cmder/ConEmu user for Windows as it’s provided a much-needed improvement of the standard Windows terminal.
I’ve started trying to use the newer Windows Terminal project to...
2020-05-04 (first published: 2020-04-20)
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SQL Homework – May 2020 – Forum Lurking.
A few months ago I suggested writing blog post(s) as a great way to learn and document your progress (among ... Continue reading
2020-05-04
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Stairway to Microsoft Azure SQL Database Part 2 : Purchase Models DTU vs vCore
In the last post, we have discussed about different deployment options available with Azure SQL server. I hope you got a good understanding of various deployment models. In this...
2020-05-03
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Stairway to Microsoft Azure SQL Database Part 2 : Purchase Models DTU vs vCore
In the last post, we have discussed about different deployment options available with Azure SQL server. I hope you got a good understanding of various deployment models. In this...
2020-05-03
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ASF 031: Paul Andrew interview
Introduction Paul Andrew. Principal consultant and architect at Altius specialising in big data solutions on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. Data engineering competencies include Azure Data Factory, Data Lake,...
2020-05-02
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Data Community #DataWeekender Europe 2020: Ethics in Modern Data
On Saturday May 2 Christine and I are presenting at the Data Community #DataWeekender Europe 2020 online conference, an all-online free virtual popup Microsoft Data Conference hosted by various professionals...
2020-05-02
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Be warned: The way I’m feeling right now I might actually give you sysadmin when you ask for it.
You want sysadmin permissions in production? And your manager has approved it so I shouldn’t have any problems giving it ... Continue reading
2020-05-01 (first published: 2020-04-20)
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Blogs
The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech
By gbargsley
If you've been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...
Designing a Storage Load Test for SQL Server
I’ve been doing storage load tests for SQL Server for a long time, both...
Questions and Answers from Running a Local LLM
By Steve Jones
I had a few random questions from my Running a Local LLM on Your...
Forums
A question about how to store the address in the database
I have an app that has an address field on the customer and the...
SSIS package failing intermittently on last Excel Component
Good Afternoon, I have a Job which "fires" off an SSIS package (that is...
T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: JSON_ARRAYAGG
Comments posted to this topic are about the item T-SQL in SQL Server 2025:...
Question of the Day
Multiple Sequence Values
How do I easily get the next 12 sequence values from a sequence object?
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