SSDT: /p:AllowIncompatiblePlatform, what platforms are compatible?
Sometimes you don’t have the perfect development environment for SQL Server, sometimes you deploy to things like SQL Azure and...
2019-01-25
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Blog Posts
SSDT: /p:AllowIncompatiblePlatform, what platforms are compatible?
Sometimes you don't have the perfect development environment for SQL Server, sometimes you deploy to things like SQL Azure and want to test locally, for various reasons it is...
2019-01-25
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The Execution plan comparison feature (in SSMS)
Did you know that you can compare two execution plans in SQL Server Management?
It’s really cool. I use it a...
2019-01-25
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Azure SQL Database Roadmap
I do not usually link straight to other blog posts or technical papers but I really had to with this...
2019-01-24
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Extended Events: Detect Implicit Conversions that affect execution plans
Implicit Conversions – Introduction
In this blog post, I’ll explain and demonstrate how to use Extended Events to detect Implicit Conversions that...
2019-01-24 (first published: 2019-01-15)
2,839 reads
Time Animation with ArcGIS Maps in Power BI
(2019-Jan-14) Dynamic maps with dynamic visualization usually attract my attention, especially when I look at the satellite images of various cloud...
2019-01-24 (first published: 2019-01-14)
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17 months of podcasting – recap
Before I publish the next episode of “Ask SQL Family” podcast, I would like to stop and look back for...
2019-01-23
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All Day, Training Day at SQLBits
It’s a somewhat late addition, but I have an all-day Training Day at SQLBits. It takes place on Thursday, February...
2019-01-23
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Azure SQL Database and Transaction Log
Checking out the transaction log in Azure SQL Database. If you are curious like me, you will want to know...
2019-01-23
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DevOps and Automation Will Eliminate the DBA
I’ve been reading about the death of the DBA ever since I first made the jump from full time developer...
2019-01-23 (first published: 2019-01-14)
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Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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