Easy Open Event Log Files
Extended Events is a powerful tool with plenty of ease of use and flexibility. This flexibility allows the DBA to better service the needs of the developers when the...
2019-06-07
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Blog Posts
Easy Open Event Log Files
Extended Events is a powerful tool with plenty of ease of use and flexibility. This flexibility allows the DBA to better service the needs of the developers when the...
2019-06-07
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Gone Fishing…
It's SQLIntersection time, and also time to meet a new member of the family. He's old enough for social media, though...
2019-06-07
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How to get Authentication Token for Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations on-premise and cloud deployments to run REST API using Powershell and the client credentials grant method
Before being able to run REST APIs to do specific tasks programmatically in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations (hereby known as D365FO), the application needs to be able...
2019-06-07
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Mitre’s ATT&CK Security Framework
Mitre’s ATT&CK security framework was mentioned often at the Techno Security and Digital Forensics Conference. I admit that I’m not well-versed on it, yet. However, its purpose makes sense....
2019-06-07
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Using VALUES to construct an in-line table.
This has come up a few times recently, I find it rather fascinating and I can never seem to remember ... Continue reading
2019-06-07 (first published: 2019-05-22)
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Bad Idea Cowboy Hat: Using a foreign key to prevent updates
When I decided to rip off of Brent Ozar’s (b/t) Bad Idea Jeans series (yes I asked) I decided that ... Continue reading
2019-06-06 (first published: 2019-05-20)
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Moving to a Modern Microsoft Platform
Melbourne Event – Monday 17th June 2019 (Free – including lunch and prizes) PASS, in conjunction with Microsoft, Intel and community leaders are offering free training on Moving to...
2019-06-06
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Quick Tip – How to fix SQL Server 2017 install error on Ubuntu 18.04: E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend – open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
Problem Recently, when I tried to install SQL Server 2017 (mssql-server package) in Ubuntu 18.04, I encountered the error below: The command that I used to install the mssql-server...
2019-06-06 (first published: 2019-05-20)
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Sysinternals – A Swiss Army Knife for IT Pros
I’m at the Techno Security and Digital Forensics conference in Myrtle Beach again this year. I sat in on a presentation about performing malware analysis. The analyst began with...
2019-06-06
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Blogs
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
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Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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