SQL Saturday Organizer Q&A
A little while ago, Ray Kim (blog | twitter) asked a few folks who organize SQL Saturday events a few questions for his blog. The results are in and...
2020-04-09
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Blog Posts
Webinar: How to unlock the value of frequent deployments
I’m doing a webinar next week, on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, that looks at some of the learnings from the 2020 State of Database DevOps report. I’ll be discussing...
2020-04-09
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Administration Basics: Point in time recovery
Nowadays, data is a precious asset for companies today. If you are a database administrator (by decision or by mistake) or simply you are the "IT guy," you have...
2020-04-08 (first published: 2020-03-30)
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Join me (virtually) in Adelaide!
I will be presenting a session to the Adelaide SQL Server User Group on April 15th, 2020, and if you’re awake at that time (it’ll be 9pm on April...
2020-04-08
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SQL Prompt and SSMS 18.5
I downloaded SSMS 18.5, as there were a lot of fixes in here and thought this was a good upgrade to try. I’d heard reports of major changes in...
2020-04-08
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The Power of Git–Getting Code
I find git to be incredibly useful, and this is a quick example of one of the ways that this matters to me. This post is also available in...
2020-04-08 (first published: 2020-04-01)
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Azure Analysis Services – Processing Hot & Cold Data using Tabular model partitions
Introduction Recently have been working on a “Proof of Concept” task where I wanted to test the capabilities of Azure Analysis Services Tabular model when loading data from different...
2020-04-07 (first published: 2020-03-30)
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Azure SQL Database – Error Logs?
Ok, so Azure SQL doesn’t really have its own error log based somewhere on a machine within \MSSQLLog directory but the closest thing you will get is a system...
2020-04-07
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Daily Coping 7 Apr 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...
2020-04-07
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Extracting data from Common Data Services (Microsoft Dynamics 365) using Azure Data Factory
(2020-Mar-30) Little did I know that I can use Azure Data Factory (ADF) to extract data from the Common Data Services (CDS). This data platform enables you to securely store...
2020-04-07 (first published: 2020-03-30)
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Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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