Finding the Visual Designer in Azure DevOps Builds
This post is really a reminder to me, since I don’t create pipelines all that often, and I’ve forgotten a few times how to do this. Plus, while YAML...
2019-09-09
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Blog Posts
How Do You Make DevOps Succceed?
I love going to SQLSaturday events because I’m always asked questions that make me think. I was just at SQLSaturday Indianapolis (a great event, if you weren’t there, you...
2019-09-09 (first published: 2019-08-19)
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Setting Trigger Order
If you can help it you probably shouldn’t be using triggers. But if you have to use a trigger you ... Continue reading
2019-09-09 (first published: 2019-08-26)
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SQL Tuesday #118 – Your Fantasy SQL Feature
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday invitation comes from Kevin Chant and he’s asking us about a fantasy feature that we’d love to see in SQL Server. I had a little...
2019-09-09
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Azure – What is a Shared Access Signature?
Using a Shared Access Signature (SAS) is usually the best way to control access rights to Azure storage resources (like a container for backups) without exposing the primary /...
2019-09-08
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Last Week Reading (2019-09-08)
Hello all and welcome after my one month of my absence. What was I doing? Thank you for asking! I have been on holiday. ONE month of very relaxing,...
2019-09-08
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Letter To My Father
We spread my Fathers ashes over the past weekend. It was one of the hardest things...
2019-09-06 (first published: 2019-08-22)
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My Organizer's Notes and Goodbye after #SQLSatBR 2019
Some 2019 tips for other SQLSat organizers from my last year as lead organizer of SQLSatBR. I hope as a fellow organizer, you can pull some ideas and inspiration...
2019-09-06 (first published: 2019-08-21)
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Q&A: Dealing with Thousands of Databases (Part 3)
This is Part 3 in a three-part series. Please see Part 1 and Part 2 for more.
What does your average day look like?
I’m going to punt to my “A...
2019-09-06
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Q&A: Dealing with Thousands of Databases (Part 3)
This is Part 3 in a three-part series. Please see Part 1 and Part 2 for more. There we go! Thank you Jon for sending in your questions. This...
2019-09-06
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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.” –...
Forums
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