NTSSUG Board Elections
It is that time of year again. The NTSSUG has two spots coming open on the board. Last year I decided at the last minute to opt in as...
2019-11-21
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Blog Posts
Upgrading SQL Server 2017 Containers to 2019 non-root Containers with Data Volumes – Another Method
Yesterday in this post I described a method to correct permissions when upgrading a SQL Server 2017 container using Data Volumes to 2019’s non-root container on implementations that use...
2019-11-21
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Upgrading SQL Server 2017 Containers to 2019 non-root Containers with Data Volumes – Another Method
Yesterday in this post I described a method to correct permissions when upgrading a SQL Server 2017 container using Data Volumes to 2019’s non-root container on implementations that use...
2019-11-21
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What the ???? T-SQL Tuesday #120
Hey, it’s T-SQL Tuesday again! I almost forgot about it what with Summit and all. Wayne Sheffield (blog|twitter) is our ... Continue reading
2019-11-21 (first published: 2019-11-12)
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Data Lake Architecture using Delta Lake, Databricks and ADLS Gen2 Part 3
This is the third post in a series about modern Data Lake Architecture
where I cover how we can build high quality data lakes using Delta Lake,
Databricks and...
2019-11-20 (first published: 2019-11-13)
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Docker, Git and DBATools
For those who don’t know, last week was the PASS Summit. It’s an amazing event every year, but this last week, I saw a ton of indications that our...
2019-11-20 (first published: 2019-11-11)
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Execution Plans in Azure SQL Database
Yes you can still get execution plans for Azure SQL Database, you cannot get this from the Azure Portal so it is good to know for your tuning days....
2019-11-20
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Installing SQL Server on Windows? Don’t forget these two useful switches
A few days ago on Twitter I wrote: Couldn’t connect to new SQL Server install because I forgot to enable TCP/IP. I’m the lead author for a Microsoft Press...
2019-11-20
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Setting Certificate Backup Permissions for an Instance–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. Recently I was testing some security change, and...
2019-11-20
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Simple-Talk Article…Understanding Azure Storage Options
Simple- Talk is technical journal and community hub from Redgate. This week I have the pleasure of being a guest Author and explain Azure storage options. I cover types of storage accounts,...
2019-11-20
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Blogs
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
Forums
Cross-DB Ownership Chaining problem
We want to setup a gateway db to host stored procedures which use tables...
Lots of FKs
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Real-time On-prem SQL Server Data in Excel – Over the Internet
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Lots of FKs
In SQL Server 2025, what are the most outgoing and incoming FK references a table can have?
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