Azure SQL Data Warehouse Query Store
I personally think that query store has been a fantastic feature. I find myself using it for query performance troubleshooting...
2019-03-05
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Blog Posts
Backup of an Azure SQL DB downloaded outside of Azure
From a dev colleague: “Asking for a client... do you know how to get a backup of an Azure SQL DB downloaded outside of Azure?”
Short answer - You can’t…
Medium...
2019-03-05
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COUNT, DISTINCT, and NULLs
Watch this week’s episode on YouTube.
One thing I see fairly often (and am occasionally guilty of myself) is using COUNT(DISTINCT)...
2019-03-05 (first published: 2019-02-19)
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CTRL + F in SSMS execution plans
I just discovered this the other day and I had to share it.
First, we need a query in Management...
2019-03-05
626 reads
Docker – Install Other Open source DB
We can quickly install anything on Docker with hub.docker.com PostgreSQL: $ docker run --name some-postgres -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=mysecretpassword -d postgres MariaDB: docker...
2019-03-05
385 reads
How can we merge multiple dacpacs into one
Reading Time: 4 minutes (not a minute longer)
TLDR; You probably don’t want to actually merge dacpac’s you probably want to deploy multiple and use /p:IncludeCompositeObjects=true.
If you do really want...
2019-03-05
209 reads
How can we merge multiple dacpacs into one
Reading Time: 4 minutes (not a minute longer)
TLDR; You probably don't want to actually merge dacpac's you probably want to deploy multiple and use /p:IncludeCompositeObjects=true.
If you do really want...
2019-03-05
4 reads
Invoke-Sqlcmd is Now Available Cross-Platform in the SqlServer module
Invoke-Sqlcmd is Now Available for MacOS & Linux in the SqlServer module. The module has been posted as v21.1.18095-preview which means to download the module you’ll have to add...
2019-03-05
23 reads
Invoke-Sqlcmd is Now Available Cross-Platform in the SqlServer module
Invoke-Sqlcmd is Now Available for MacOS & Linux in the SqlServer module. The module has been posted as v21.1.18095-preview which means to download the module you’ll have to add...
2019-03-05
5 reads
Invoke-Sqlcmd is Now Available Cross-Platform in the SqlServer module
Invoke-Sqlcmd is Now Available for MacOS & Linux in the SqlServer module. The module has been posted as v21.1.18095-preview which means to download the module you’ll have to add...
2019-03-05
22 reads
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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reaching ftp thru winscp but erroring in ssis ftp task connection
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Finding Motivation
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
What does this code return?
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