There is Now A Delete Activity in Data Factory V2!
Data Factory can be a great tool for cloud and hybrid data integration. But since its inception, it was less...
2019-03-21 (first published: 2019-03-07)
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Blog Posts
Using docker named volumes to persist databases in SQL Server
I’ve previously talked about using named volumes to persist SQL Server databases but in that post I only used one...
2019-03-21
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Disabling and enabling triggers
I tend to feel that a lot of people who use triggers don’t really understand them. That said, every now...
2019-03-20 (first published: 2019-03-06)
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Filelistonly and headeronly – Find SQL server version from backup and use of header only version, ldf mdf size and LSN restore and file list only logical name.
Problem: SQL server database refresh / restore...
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2019-03-20
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Filelistonly and headeronly – Find SQL server version from backup and use of header only version, ldf mdf size and LSN restore and file list only logical name.
Problem: SQL server database refresh / restore...
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2019-03-20
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SheLeadsTech Community
ISACA, which is primarily an Audit and Compliance professional organization, has recently started an initiative with the following purpose:
ISACA’s SheLeadsTech...
2019-03-20
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Sizing your Azure SQL Database
Do you want to identify the correct Service Tier and Compute Size ( was once known as performance level) for your...
2019-03-20
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The Curiously Large CASE Statement
A powerful little expression in SQL Server is the CASE statement. The CASE statement has the ability to "transform" data per business rules to help better understand the data...
2019-03-20
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The free SQL to Excel Export tool
Earlier this month I released a new, free tool to export SQL Server query data to Excel files without needing Excel....
2019-03-20
670 reads
Two Weeks to #sqlinthecity Streamed
It’s just two weeks until the SQL in the City Streamed starts up again in 2019. I’m ready to travel...
2019-03-20
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Blogs
Using Prompt AI for a Travel Data Analysis
By Steve Jones
I was looking back at my year and decided to see if SQL Prompt...
FinOps for Kubernetes: Leveraging OpenCost, KubeGreen, and Kubecost for Cost Efficiency
In the era of cloud-native applications, Kubernetes has become the default standard platform for...
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
What does this code return?
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