Salaries in Job Ads
Hiring at Basecamp is interesting. I caught this interview and think it’s a good look at a process most of us have gone through, but perhaps not thought about....
2019-08-09
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Blog Posts
Setting Up Alerts in Azure SQL Database
Setting Up Alerts in Azure SQL DatabaseSEPTEMBER 8, 2015
Introduction
If I've learned one thing with my on premise versions of SQL...
2019-08-09 (first published: 2015-09-08)
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SQL Azure has T-SQL Jobs - Well Almost
SQL Azure has T-SQL Jobs - Well AlmostJUNE 25, 2015
Introduction
One thing that has been lacking in Azure SQL Database is the...
2019-08-09 (first published: 2015-06-25)
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Using AzCopy in a SQL Job to Upload Files to Azure Blob Storage
Using AzCopy in a SQL Job to Upload Files to Azure Blob StorageNOVEMBER 11, 2015
Introduction
In my next series of posts,...
2019-08-09 (first published: 2015-11-10)
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Validating Replication (All or Just One Article)
You may sometimes have reports or other processes that are dependent on transactional replication being current. If that is the case, you will probably need a mechanism to check...
2019-08-09
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Data Lake Architecture using Delta Lake, Databricks and ADLS Gen2 Part 1
I have read quite a bit about “the death of Big Data” recently. To be
honest I’ve never liked the term Big Data. It has always skewed people’s
thinking...
2019-08-08
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Data Lake Architecture using Delta Lake, Databricks and ADLS Gen2 Part 1
I have read quite a bit about “the death of Big Data” recently. To be
honest I’ve never liked the term Big Data. It has always skewed people’s
thinking...
2019-08-08
21 reads
Data Lake Architecture using Delta Lake, Databricks and ADLS Gen2 Part 1
I have read quite a bit about “the death of Big Data” recently. To be
honest I’ve never liked the term Big Data. It has always skewed people’s
thinking...
2019-08-08
277 reads
Learning more Kubernetes
I’ve been slowly working my way through the 50 days of Kubernetes (K8s). As you might have guessed if you remember my first post, this has been more than...
2019-08-08 (first published: 2019-07-15)
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PASS Summit 2019 – spending the time
The session line up for PASS Summit 2019 was announced today...there are so many good sessions to go to..managing time and what we do with our limited time there...
2019-08-08
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Blogs
Moving On-Prem PostgreSQL to the Cloud: Picking the Right Path for Big Tables
Every PostgreSQL migration eventually hits the same fork in the road. The database is...
A Spread of Vacation
By Steve Jones
I’m off on vacation today. Which is a little weird as I just got...
How AgentDBA Identifies Backup Failures
By Arun Sirpal
Every DBA has a box like this. Sitting untouched for months. Nobody’s proud of...
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