Azure Virtual Machine Boot Diagnostics
If you have ever rebooted a virtual machine and feel like you are in the dark to it’s current state,...
2019-02-08
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Blog Posts
Developing pipelines in Azure Data Factory using Template gallery
(2019-Feb-08) I often see demos of Azure Data Factory (ADF) development techniques with a modest set of activity tasks and not...
2019-02-08
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Performance on readable replicas in Availability Groups
I apologize in advance if I mess up the terminology.
I’ve worked with a moderate read workload on a readable replica...
2019-02-08
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Pro SQL Server Linux–Moving to Linux
As part of my learning goals for 2018, I wanted to work through various books. This is part of my...
2019-02-08
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Rotating Expired SQL Server TDE Certificates
In general, SQL Server TDE certificates will expire at some point. In SQL Server, if we have setup TDE using...
2019-02-08 (first published: 2019-01-23)
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Scheduling things to Run in SQL Server
A key part of the SQL Server Agent is the ability to schedule jobs. While you can create one schedule...
2019-02-08 (first published: 2019-01-23)
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SQL Server 2017 Reporting Services: The Basics Part 3
Note: I’ve been meaning to start a series on the basics of SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). The last time...
2019-02-08
730 reads
SQL Server Database Experimentation Assistant - How to Run a Capture
DEA
Very basic look at the setup as I couldn’t find much documentation on this when I last tried this out in 2018. Maybe it will help you get started...
2019-02-08
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ALTER TABLE Fails on Replicated Tables With Isolation Level SERIALIZABLE or READ UNCOMMITTED on SQL2012 and Earlier
It’s 4am in the morning and my phone starts ringing.
A blury eyed, me picks it up to hear the voice...
2019-02-07
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Data Warehousing Tip #5 – Use surrogate keys
My fifth data warehousing tip is to always use surrogate keys for your dimension and fact tables.
Surrogate keys are keys...
2019-02-07 (first published: 2019-01-18)
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Blogs
RANK() vs DENSE_RANK(): #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I haven’t done one of these in awhile, but I saw an article recently...
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
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Creating JSON II
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