Introduction Tomaž Kastrun is BI & DEV developer, data analyst & data science. With more than 15 years of experiences in the field of databases, business warehouses and development,...
2020-03-06 (first published: 2020-02-28)
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Sometimes a swift kick in the rear is needed to become motivated. Recently, I was the recipient of the business end of a boot and it drove me to...
2020-03-06
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I deliberately didn’t set any goals at the start of 2020 since I was taking six weeks off for a sabbatical. That’s done, and it’s time to look forward....
2020-03-06 (first published: 2020-03-02)
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Every ETL pipeline is only ever as reliable as the data that the upstream system provides. It is inevitable that assumptions you make about the data you are provided...
2020-03-06
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Every ETL pipeline is only ever as reliable as the data that the upstream system provides. It is inevitable that assumptions you make about the data you are provided...
2020-03-06
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Last week (as I write this), Kevin Hill (blog | twitter) released the first episode of his new podcast Data Bits. I enjoyed listening to it and said “hey...
2020-03-05
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A little while back we tried configuring the instance. Sometimes though, instance settings are a bit heavy handed, so this ... Continue reading
2020-03-05 (first published: 2020-03-02)
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Before this post gets started, let’s get past the title. I know what many of you are thinking: what in the name of Paul Randal would make someone have...
2020-03-05 (first published: 2020-02-29)
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My co-authors and I recently wrapped up the book SQL Server 2019 Administration Inside Out, which should be hitting the shelves in the next week or two. At the...
2020-03-04
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I recently spoke at a conference and was asked what is the easiest way to import databases to Azure SQL Database. Therefore, I wanted to share how I do...
2020-03-04
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By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
By James Serra
Once again there were a number of Microsoft Build announcements related to data and...
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When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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