Docker Image Tags are Case Sensitive
A quick post about pulling docker containers (this applies to docker run too)…when specifying the container image, the container image name and tag are case sensitive. We’re not going...
2019-09-03
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Blog Posts
New Centralized View of SQL Resources in Azure
Yesterday, some new views were made available in the Azure portal that will be helpful to those of us who create or manage Azure SQL resources. First, a new...
2019-09-03 (first published: 2019-08-22)
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Q&A: Dealing with Thousands of Databases
This is part one of a three-part series.
I’ve mentioned in various places, including in blog posts on occasion, that my production SQL Server instance hosts several thousand (nearly 9000...
2019-09-03
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Q&A: Dealing with Thousands of Databases
This is part one of a three-part series. I’ve mentioned in various places, including in blog posts on occasion, that my production SQL Server instance hosts several thousand (nearly...
2019-09-03
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Speaker at Music City Tech 2019
I’m very happy to announce that for the first time, I will be participating as speaker at the Music City Tech 2019 in Nashville. Here are the details of...
2019-09-03
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Techorama Netherlands 2019
You only have a few more weeks to sign up for one of my favorite events, Techorama. This year is the second time the event will be held in...
2019-09-03
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The 99 Flavours of SQL Server are all Vanilla
There are so many options for running SQL Server now. It can feel a little intimidating. You’ve spent years gaining experience with SQL running on Windows Server. On bare...
2019-09-03 (first published: 2019-08-22)
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Using Raw Files in SSIS
SQL Server Integration Services is well designed for retrieving and processing data on the fly, directly in the data flow pipeline. However, there are circumstances that occasionally require the...
2019-09-03
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Using strace inside a SQL Server Container
So, if you’ve been following my blog you know my love for internals. Well, I needed to find out exactly how something worked at the startup of a SQL...
2019-09-03
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Whitespace, Letter Case, and Other Things That Prevent Plan Reuse
Watch this week's video on YouTube
Last week's post briefly mentioned that SQL server may not reuse a query plan from cache if there is a small difference in whitespace.
In addition...
2019-09-03
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Blogs
Did You Really Name That Default?
By alevyinroc
Ten years (and a couple jobs) ago, I wrote about naming default constraints to...
Monday Monitor Tips: A New Analysis Page
By Steve Jones
We have multiple teams (8) working on Redgate Monitor. Some work on the Standard...
Case Studies: Real-World Success Stories of FinOps Implementation
By HeyMo0sh
Learning any kind of theory is easy, but adapting FinOps and watching it rescue...
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The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
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Identity Defaults
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Question of the Day
Identity Defaults
What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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