PASS Summit 2020 pre-con time
In 2018, I entered Speaker Idol at the PASS Summit, and because I forgot to start my timer I was disqualified for running over the five-minute limit (say “five-minute...
2020-04-29
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Blog Posts
The New Public Speaking
The need to transition to virtual speaking engagements is not easy for me. As someone who loves public speaking and delivering in person training, not being able to do...
2020-04-29
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The New Public Speaking
The need to transition to virtual speaking engagements is not easy for me. As someone who loves public speaking and delivering in person training, not being able to do...
2020-04-29
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TIL: Restore-DbaDatabase
(This post comes from one of our Junior DBAs – @SQLDork) If you haven’t read it already, i recently wrote a blogpost where i go over Backup-DbaDatabase, you can...
2020-04-29
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Understand SQL Server Editions and Components
SQL Server editions:- · Enterprise – Enterprise edition is the topmost edition with all available features. This is best suited for mission-critical Tier 1 applications. Enterprise edition is the...
2020-04-29
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Checking for SQL Server Updates with dbatools
It turns out I was doing this all wrong for months.
For the longest time, I’ve been checking my SQL Server instances to see what needs patching with Test-DbaBuild from...
2020-04-28
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Daily Coping 28 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...
2020-04-28
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How to edit a connection in Azure Data Studio
Did you ever want to rename an existing connection in Azure Data Studio? Unfortunately as of today (April 2020), there is no way to modify an existing connection group or...
2020-04-28 (first published: 2020-04-16)
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Installing SQL Server 2019 on Azure VM
Unfortunately, this is not an on-premises SQL Server install because I do not have the right operating system available for SQL Server 2019, which includes the below: Windows 2016...
2020-04-28
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SKLearn – Python
4 Steps: Import Class: or from sklearn.linear model import logistic regression instantiate / estimates or logreg=logistic regression Fit model with data [ Model Training ] logreg.fit(x,y) Predict response: logreg.predict(x)
2020-04-28
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Blogs
Where Is My SQL Agent? Running Scheduled Jobs Against Azure SQL Database
By gbargsley
One of the first things I review when I inherit a new SQL Server...
AgentDBA vs Critical SQL Server
By Arun Sirpal
It’s 07:43. Someone’s already left a message. “Something’s wrong with the DB server.” You...
Finally Cleaning Up Dropbox: Moving Almost a TB to Google Drive with rclone
By davebem
I’ve had a Dropbox account for years. Like a lot of people, I started...
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identity increments by 10,000 when it was supposed to be 1
hi a peer of mine who ive never known to be wrong says a...
Displaying Money
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Question of the Day
Displaying Money
I want to get the currency sign displayed with my amount stored in a money type. Does this work?
DECLARE @Amount MONEY; SET @Amount = '?1500'; SELECT CAST( @Amount AS VARCHAR(30)) AS EurosSee possible answers