Weekly reading #26
Good morning! It was a tough weekend as we supposed to be in Goteborg on #SQLSatGothenburg but unfortunatelly the flu hit us hard. The talk was handed over by...
2019-09-17
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Blog Posts
Weekly reading #26
Good morning! It was a tough weekend as we supposed to be in Goteborg on #SQLSatGothenburg but unfortunatelly the flu hit us hard. The talk was handed over by...
2019-09-17
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Delete an Azure DevOps Project
Not something you’ll do too often, but you might find yourself doing this if you are setting up PoCs and removing them. A reminder for me, since I stumbled...
2019-09-16
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Finding SQL Configuration Manager in Windows 10–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I went to check a network protocol setting...
2019-09-16 (first published: 2019-08-28)
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Ways to access data in ADLS Gen2
With data lakes becoming popular, and Azure Data Lake Store (ADLS) Gen2 being used for many of them, a common question I am asked about is “How can I...
2019-09-16
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Whitespace, Letter Case, and Other Things That Prevent Plan Reuse
Watch this week’s episode 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....
2019-09-16 (first published: 2019-09-03)
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Restoring Backups from Azure Blob with dbatools
Recently I needed to write a PowerShell script that could build a backup set from a collection of backups stored in Azure Blob Storage without any backup history available...
2019-09-15
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Restoring Backups from Azure Blob with dbatools
Recently I needed to write a PowerShell script that could build a backup set from a collection of backups stored in Azure Blob Storage without any backup history available...
2019-09-15
56 reads
Good to see you at Houston Tech Fest 2019!
It was awesome to see a great crowd at the triumphant return of Houston Tech Fest 2019. This year's event was hosted at the beautiful Microsoft Office in Houston....
2019-09-14
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Using kubectl logs to read the SQL Server Error Log in Kubernetes
When working with SQL Server running containers the Error Log is written to standard out. Kubernetes will expose that information to you via kubectl. Let’s check out how it...
2019-09-14
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Blogs
Automatic Index Compaction
By ReviewMyDB
Index maintenance has always meant nightly jobs and a window you have to defend....
Monday Monitor Tips: Virtual Machine Usage and Cost
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve been requesting for a number of years is cost...
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
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When running DBCC CHECKDB on SQL Server 2025, can I include the Resource Database?
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