When a SQL UPDATE Statement DELETES Rows
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At first I wasn't going to write this post. I thought it would be too simple.
Then I watched two experienced SQL developers go through...
2019-11-26
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Blog Posts
Building an Azure Sandbox – Part 1 – The Basics
I recently posted that I was doing my annual Azure sandbox rebuild but this time I wanted to do things a little differently…all in PowerShell. Unlike previous years when...
2019-11-25
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Building an Azure Sandbox – Part 1 – The Basics
I recently posted that I was doing my annual Azure sandbox rebuild but this time I wanted to do things a little differently…all in PowerShell. Unlike previous years when...
2019-11-25
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Building an Azure Sandbox – Part 1 – The Basics
I recently posted that I was doing my annual Azure sandbox rebuild but this time I wanted to do things a little differently…all in PowerShell. Unlike previous years when...
2019-11-25
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Monday Morning Module Maintenance Monoliners
Or: Andy Authors An Amazing Alliteration
Do enough work with PowerShell and you’ll build up a decent collection of modules installed from the gallery into either your computer or your...
2019-11-25
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SQLSaturday Orlando Notes – Cupcakes & Ice Cream
For the past few years we’ve had a a local sponsor provide cupcakes as the “sweet treat”. We started with mid afternoon but found it worked well if we...
2019-11-25
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The curious case of CHAR(0)
Over the years I’ve seen quite a few strange things with SQL Server. This one may not have been the ... Continue reading
2019-11-25 (first published: 2019-11-14)
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Using volumes in SQL Server 2019 non-root containers
I’ve seen a few people online asking how to use docker named volumes with the new SQL Server 2019 RTM images. Microsoft changed the way SQL runs within a...
2019-11-25 (first published: 2019-11-18)
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Back for More with SQL, Azure, Machine Learning, Big Data!!!!
Let me start with an apology for being missing so long 🙂 Guess was trying to find where technology takes me as I started my journey with pool of...
2019-11-23
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I’m Speaking at #SQLSatDC
I am so excited to announce that I will be speaking at SQL Saturday DC on Saturday, December 14, 2019. I am so honored to have been selected. This...
2019-11-23
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Blogs
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
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Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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