Losing Another Day
I’m going to lose today again. This time I’m headed back to Australia and in flight. I wonder if I’ll get used to this, as I expect between work...
2019-09-25
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Blog Posts
Running SQL Server containers as non-root
Recently I noticed that Microsoft uploaded a new dockerfile to the mssql-docker repository on Github. This dockerfile was under the mssql-server-linux-non-root directory and (you guessed it) allows SQL Server...
2019-09-25 (first published: 2019-09-18)
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OLDEST_PAGE Log Reuse Wait type
Do you frequently use the “log_reuse_wait_type_desc” column in the [crayon-5f297eff3d7ff981952735-i/] view? Have you ever seen the type of OLDEST_PAGE? You are not the only one!! Recently I was troubleshooting...
2019-09-24
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Restarting SQL Server after adding a new SQL login
At a project, we asked if we could get a SQL Server login/user so we could make a connection from an Apache Airflow pipeline to the SQL Server instance....
2019-09-24
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Restarting SQL Server after adding a new SQL login
At a project, we asked if we could get a SQL Server login/user so we could make a connection from an Apache Airflow pipeline to the SQL Server instance....
2019-09-24
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SQL Server Quick Tips
Earlier this year I made a series of videos that were played before the start of several DBA Fundamentals presentations. These videos gave viewers something SQL related to watch while the...
2019-09-24 (first published: 2019-09-17)
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SQL Server’s “Wrong” Math
Watch this week’s video on YouTube! A couple of weeks ago I decided to rebuild my recording studio by getting rid of my fabric backdrop and replacing it with...
2019-09-24
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SQL Server's "Wrong" Math
Watch this week's video on YouTube
A couple of weeks ago I decided to rebuild my recording studio by getting rid of my fabric backdrop and replacing it with a...
2019-09-24
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SQL Server's "Wrong" Math
Watch this week's video on YouTube
A couple of weeks ago I decided to rebuild my recording studio by getting rid of my fabric backdrop and replacing it with a...
2019-09-24
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Using Project Connections in SSIS
In SQL Server Integration Services, connection managers are used as gateways for most any external read and write operation. Connection managers are type- and format-specific, and in the case...
2019-09-24 (first published: 2019-09-16)
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Prep data for AI vs. Fabric Data Agent Instructions: What Goes Where?
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 3 (This is the final article in a three-part series...
Forums
SQL Server 2025 section missing?
Hello, the title says it all. Is the SQL Server 2025 section missing?
A design question in a parent child relationship
I am not sure which is the best way to proceed. I have parent...
Hyperscale Replicas III
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Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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