Adding bash to Windows 10
Awhile back I added the Windows Subsystem for Linux to my machine, rebooted, and promptly forgot about it. After all, I’m doing more PoSh these days and bash isn’t...
2019-04-05
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Blog Posts
ISACA Individual Chapter CISA Trainer Accreditation
ISACA is the professional organization for security, audit, and assurance professionals. There are local chapters, just like with PASS. Here in South Carolina we have the South Carolina Midlands...
2019-04-05
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Mixed feelings over the new truncation error
As of SQL 2019 CTP2.0 or SQL 2017 CU12 Microsoft has given us a long-awaited addition to the truncation error....
2019-04-05 (first published: 2019-03-20)
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Speaker at SQL Saturday’s Colorado Springs 2019
I’m very happy to announce that for the first time, I will be participating as speaker at the SQL Saturday# 830 in Colorado Springs Here are the details of...
2019-04-05
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That Awkward Moment When….
Let's be honest - some of our best learning experiences come from our mistakes. Here's one of mine....
2019-04-05
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What Chocolatey Packages Does a Business Intelligence Developer Need?
I’m getting a new work laptop next week: Hooray!! ?? I’m going to have to install A LOT of software: Opportunity! ?? Problem: I have a lot of meetings...
2019-04-05
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What Chocolatey Packages Does a Business Intelligence Developer Need?
I’m getting a new work laptop next week: Hooray!! ?? I’m going to have to install A LOT of software: Opportunity! ?? Problem: I have a lot of meetings...
2019-04-05
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Activate Conference 2019: Databases 101 for the Aspiring App Dev Session Info and Resources
A special hello if you're visiting this blog post during or after my workshop on Thursday afternoon, April 4 at the Louisiana Tech Park as park of the Activate Conference...
2019-04-04
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dbatools for the accidental DBA
dbatools is a very well known tool within the SQL Server community, and probably most of the production DBA’s are...
2019-04-04 (first published: 2019-03-18)
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Disk Space and SQL Server
Disk Space in SQL Server
One of the frequently required job functions of the database administrator is to track disk space...
2019-04-04 (first published: 2019-03-18)
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Blogs
Microsoft Build 2026 announcements
By James Serra
Once again there were a number of Microsoft Build announcements related to data and...
T-SQL Tuesday #199: Roundup
A good week ago I hosted the monthly T-SQL Tuesday blog party. I invited...
No Shortcuts for the SQLCMD Batch Terminator: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I was messing around with SQLCMD and I realized something I hadn’t known. I’ve...
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BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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