A New Word: Lilo
lilo– n. a friendship that can lie dormant for years only to pick right back up instantly, as if you’d seen each other last week – which is al...
2024-12-27
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Blog Posts
How to Find Where Your Databases Reside In The File System
How to Find Where Your Databases Reside In The File System
SQL Script:
Copy
/*
RETURNS LIST OF FOLDER NAMES WHERE SQL SERVER DATABASE
FILES ARE STORED.
It is dynamic...
2024-12-27 (first published: 2024-01-31)
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Playing with the Data API Builder
I published an article today on the Data API Builder, which is a way of presenting your database tables as a REST or GraphQL API for developers. You can...
2024-12-27 (first published: 2024-12-13)
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A Very Cool Benefit in SSMS 21
I saw a post from Erin that Preview 2 is available. I’d gotten a message when I started SSMS v21 this morning, but got distracted. I made a short...
2024-12-25 (first published: 2024-12-11)
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Free SQL Training: Dive into Databases This December!
Want to learn SQL and get some real practice this December? Check out the Basic SQL Practice: A Store course – it's totally free for the entire month! This...
2024-12-25 (first published: 2024-12-24)
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Creating a “Real” Copy of a View: #SQLNewBlogger
I saw a post where a developer was trying to read the Information Schema views to create a copy of a view as a “real” table, a user table....
2024-12-23 (first published: 2024-12-11)
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Microsoft Fabric Training and Tutorials
Microsoft Fabric is the new data offering in Microsoft Azure and there is a great deal of interest in it. How do you get started? Where are the tutorials?
2024-12-23 (first published: 2024-04-29)
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A New Word: Suente
suente– n. the state of being so familiar with someone that you can be in a room with them without thinking, without holding anything back, or without having to...
2024-12-20
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Data Strategy Checklist for 2025
The post Data Strategy Checklist for 2025 appeared first on Joyful Craftsmen.
2024-12-20 (first published: 2024-12-16)
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Grinding Away: Brent Ozar
Brent Ozar is a very successful DBA/consultant/speaker/business owner in the data platform space. Many of you have likely seen him speak, read his blog, used his sp_Blitz script, or...
2024-12-20 (first published: 2024-12-09)
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Blogs
Did You Really Name That Default?
By alevyinroc
Ten years (and a couple jobs) ago, I wrote about naming default constraints to...
Monday Monitor Tips: A New Analysis Page
By Steve Jones
We have multiple teams (8) working on Redgate Monitor. Some work on the Standard...
Case Studies: Real-World Success Stories of FinOps Implementation
By HeyMo0sh
Learning any kind of theory is easy, but adapting FinOps and watching it rescue...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
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Identity Defaults
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Question of the Day
Identity Defaults
What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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