T-SQL Tuesday #119 – Changing Your Mind
This month Alex Yates (B|T) is hosting T-SQL Tuesday which is a monthly blog party started by Adam Machanic (B|T) and co-ordinated by Steve Jones (B|T) The challenge that...
2019-10-08
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Blog Posts
T-SQL Tuesday #119 – What changes my mind
T-SQL Tuesday series (the monthly blog party) has been started by Adam Machanic and co-ordinated by Steve Jones. This month’s topic is hosted by my friend Alex Yates. He...
2019-10-08
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T-SQL Tuesday #119–Changing My Mind
After missing the last T-SQL Tuesday, I’m back for the latest invitation from Alex Yates. In this one, Alex asks us to write about something in IT where you...
2019-10-08
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A #DevOps Discussion on Thursday with Abel Wang
I’m hosting a webinar later this week with Abel Wang, one of the talented members of the League of Extraordinary Cloud DevOps Advocates at Microsoft. This Thursday, October 10,...
2019-10-07
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Debugging techniques (focusing on T-SQL)
tl;dr; Add PRINT and/or SELECT statements. Comment/uncomment out pieces of code to isolate problems. Change INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE statements to SELECTs. Disclaimer: ... Continue reading
2019-10-07 (first published: 2019-09-23)
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Download Power BI Audit Logs with the New Get-PowerBIActivityEvents cmdlet
Earlier this week a new version of the MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt module was made available on the PowerShell Gallery. Two new cmdlets were included in the module Remove-PowerBIReport and Get-PowerBIActivityEvents. The...
2019-10-07 (first published: 2019-09-30)
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Preparing for PASS Summit 2019 - Logistics & Survival
It’s time once again to prepare ourselves for the endurance test that is PASS Summit, November 5-8. I’ve participated in the Summit Buddies program the past two years, but...
2019-10-07
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SQL Injection Mitigation in SQL Server 2019
I’ve been teaching a lot more about SQL Injection lately (including blog posts). I’ve been doing this because, despite this being a 21 year-old problem with well defined solutions,...
2019-10-07
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Updated: Getting Started with Installing Kubernetes
Let’s get you started on your Kubernetes journey with installing Kubernetes and creating a cluster in virtual machines. Kubernetes is a distributed system, you will be creating a cluster...
2019-10-07
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Updated: Getting Started with Installing Kubernetes
Let’s get you started on your Kubernetes journey with installing Kubernetes and creating a cluster in virtual machines.
Kubernetes is a distributed system, you will be creating a cluster which...
2019-10-07
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Blogs
Capturing My Own Metrics: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
A customer was trying to compare two tables and capture a state as a...
Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
By Zikato
When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
T-SQL Tuesday #200: When I Look at a Query …
By Steve Jones
This month is a milestone for T-SQL Tuesday. It’s number 200, which doesn’t sound...
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On my SQL Server 2025, I want to search the error log from my T-SQL code for potential issues and then inform an administrator. What is the current way to easily query the error log?
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