Last Week Reading (2019-09-22)
Hello #datafolks! Let’s review what happened last week in Data World. It’s hard to admit but I missed last week’s post due to my visit to Sweden (SQLSaturday) and...
2019-09-22
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Blog Posts
Dropping Database Users and Logins: How it Can Go So Very Wrong, and How You Can Easily Fix It
I don't normally drop users and logins in production, but when I do, and it goes wrong, I do this.
2019-09-20
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Power BI Monthly Digest – September 2019
In this month’s Power BI Digest with Manuel Quintana [Blog | Twitter] and I will again guide you through some of our favorite Power BI
2019-09-20 (first published: 2019-09-10)
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Quick SSMS Tip
It is widely known that I am a horrible speller and hate to type code. I tend to use a lot of code snippets and reuse code to avoid...
2019-09-20 (first published: 2019-09-11)
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My fantasy SQL feature(s)? T-SQL Tuesday #118
It’s fantasy football time again? Oh, fantasy feature? Oh, yea, that makes a lot more sense for #tsql2sday. What’s #tsql2sday? ... Continue reading
2019-09-19 (first published: 2019-09-10)
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Quick Blog: Making the Power BI PowerShell cmdlets easier to use
One of the top reasons I love PowerShell so much is that from the beginning, it was designed to let you, yes you, make it run better for the...
2019-09-19
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Quick Blog: Making the Power BI PowerShell cmdlets easier to use
One of the top reasons I love PowerShell so much is that from the beginning, it was designed to let you, yes you, make it run better for the...
2019-09-19
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Tracking Who Last Changed a Row
This post is a response to this month’s T-SQL Tuesday #118 prompt by Kevin Chant. T-SQL Tuesday is a way for the SQL Server community to share ideas about different database and professional...
2019-09-19 (first published: 2019-09-10)
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Trouble writing? Join the club. #JustWriteTech
I was talking with a couple of excellent SQL people* recently, and we were bemoaning the difficulties and disciplines of blogging. This is what speakers do after a successful SQL...
2019-09-19
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Get Started with the For Loop Container in SSIS
SQL Server Integration Services is equipped with tasks and containers to make it easy to design and maintain the flow of ETL: which logic should be executed, when should...
2019-09-18 (first published: 2019-09-09)
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Blogs
A New Word: Anderance
By Steve Jones
anderance – n. the awareness that your partner perceives the relationship from a totally...
Troubleshooting SQL Server – Starting with the Error Log
By gbargsley
We’ve all been there. Someone walks up and asks, “Is SQL Server having issues?”...
From OLTP to Analytics: Bridging the Gap with Modern SQL Architectures
By Chris Yates
In the beginning, there was OLTP – Online Transaction Processing. Fast, reliable, and ruthlessly...
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Question of the Day
Minimum Change Tracking Retention
If I am running this code:
ALTER DATABASE AdventureWorks2017 SET CHANGE_TRACKING = ON (CHANGE_RETENTION=xxx);What is the minimum amount of time I can set? See possible answers