Speaking at PASS Summit 2019
I am delighted to announce that I have been selected to speak at the largest Microsoft Data Platform conference in the world, PASS Summit 2019, in Seattle WA, USA....
2019-05-22
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Blog Posts
Using Azure Data Factory to Migrate Data
Quite simply the objective as follows: Move data from Azure SQL Database to Azure SQL DW via Azure Data Factory v2 (ADF). Overview Before I begin, what exactly is...
2019-05-22
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Access is denied – Using DTCPing utility between two Windows Server 2016
Few days ago a client requested the configuration of MSDTC (Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator). NOTE: If you want to know more about it here is a nice FAQ from...
2019-05-21 (first published: 2019-05-10)
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Containers: Getting an Image
I’m working with Docker running on Windows or Linux. There are other ways to do this, but Docker seems to be a pretty strong standard. I’ll leave it to...
2019-05-21
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Exporting an .ISPAC from the SSIS Catalog via the SSIS PowerShell Provider
In my last blog post I showed that using the SSIS Provider could be an easier option for deploying an .ISPAC file, vs. the PowerShell script method shown in...
2019-05-21 (first published: 2019-05-06)
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Happy Hour at SQL in the City Austin
Tomorrow is SQL in the City 2019 – Austin. If you’ve registered, you’re going to want to come. From Kendra’s great opening keynote to Brian’s demo to a couple...
2019-05-21
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Keynotes in Australia and New Zealand
I get to do the SQL in the City Summit keynotes in Australia and New Zealand. I’m excited, following the footsteps of Kendra Little and Donovan Brown, who have...
2019-05-21
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Microsoft SQL Server Error 5243 – Top 3 Ways To Fix This Issue
Maintaining the SQL server database is always the first priority of the SQL administrators. But sometimes SQL database users have to face Microsoft SQL server error 5243 and error...
2019-05-21
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Microsoft SQL Server Error 5243 – Top 3 Ways To Fix This Issue
Maintaining the SQL server database is always the first priority of the SQL administrators. But sometimes SQL database users have to face Microsoft SQL server error 5243 and error...
2019-05-21
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Predicate Execution Order on Mixed Data Type Columns
Watch this week's video on YouTube
SQL Server's cost-based query optimizer does a pretty good job of figuring out what order to filter your data to get fast query executions....
2019-05-21
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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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