Last Weeks Reading (2019-05-26)
It was tremendously extensive week for me (a week ago) when I spent time between two conferences: SQLDay (Wroclaw, Poland) and SQL Saturday #857 (Kiev, Ukraine). I’ve been helping...
2019-05-26
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Blog Posts
Migrating SSIS to Azure – Slidedeck (Techorama 2019)
Techorama 2019 is over and it was a blast, as usual. Neatly organised, great speakers and fantastic content. I delivered a session on Migrating SSIS to Azure (Data Factory)....
2019-05-25
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Animating a Magic 8 Ball in SQL Server Management Studio
This post is a response to this month’s T-SQL Tuesday #114 prompt by Matthew McGiffen. T-SQL Tuesday is a way for the SQL Server community to share ideas about different database...
2019-05-24 (first published: 2019-05-14)
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DevOps Is About Communication
I spend a lot of time showing how to use tools to automate database deployments in support of DevOps. However, the one message that I always try to deliver...
2019-05-24 (first published: 2019-05-13)
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Mini-Rant: Spoofed Phone Numbers and Trust
I’ve seen this more and more over the last year: I receive a phone call with a number that indicates it’s coming from a town or city near me....
2019-05-24
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Speaking at SQL Saturday Dallas
Speaking at SQLSaturday Dallas!
I’m proud to announce that I will be speaking at SQL Saturday Dallas on May 17th 2018! This one won’t let you down! Check out the amazing schedule!...
2019-05-24
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Speaking at SQL Saturday Dallas
Speaking at SQLSaturday Dallas! I’m proud to announce that I will be speaking at SQL Saturday Dallas on May 17th 2018! This one won’t let you down! Check out the amazing schedule!...
2019-05-24
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Always Use Roles–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. Which of these is more complex? GRANT SELECT...
2019-05-23 (first published: 2019-05-10)
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Containers: Working With Volumes
In the previous two posts on containers I showed how use Docker commands to get an image and create a container. This time, we’re going to create a container...
2019-05-23
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Mass Backup All Sessions
Migrating Extended Event Sessions from one server to another should be a simple task. So simple, one would think there was no need to give it a second thought,...
2019-05-23
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Blogs
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
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The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Identities and Sequences III
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Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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