Last Week Reading (2019-03-03)
Hey everyone! I was very busy at the SQLBits conference last week, but it did not stop me to prepare...
2019-03-03
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Blog Posts
Data story behind a Global Fishing Power BI report
(2019-Mar-01) The first time I heard about the Data For A Cause initiatives was at one of the Power BI meetups in Toronto....
2019-03-01
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Practical Web Scraping–More Reading
As part of my learning goals for 2018, I wanted to work through various books. This is part of my...
2019-03-01
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Published in the ISACA Journal!
In my effort to write more regularly, I’ve branched out a bit to write in the audit and compliance space....
2019-03-01
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Restoring a Database from Azure
In a previous post, I described how you can use Azure storage to store SQL Server database backup files. This...
2019-03-01
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Transforming Data With Azure Data Factory Data Flow
Azure Data Factory (ADF) offers a convenient cloud-based platform for orchestrating data from and to on-premise, on-cloud, and hybrid sources...
2019-03-01
2,114 reads
What is my why?–T-SQL Tuesday #111
This is an interesting question from Andy Leonard for T-SQL Tuesday: What Is Your “Why”? He is this month’s host...
2019-03-01 (first published: 2019-02-12)
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Why make?
This post is a response to this month’s T-SQL Tuesday #111 prompt by Andy Leonard. T-SQL Tuesday is a way...
2019-03-01 (first published: 2019-02-12)
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“SSPI handshake failed” \ “The login is from an untrusted domain” errors
I’ve recently encountered an issue that was difficult to resolve and I didn’t find the particular cause that was troubling...
2019-02-28 (first published: 2019-02-12)
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It’s always parameter sniffing: Line Endings
Combining a few themes of recent posts today. I’ll mix in some sp_executesql, it’s always parameter sniffing, and the plan...
2019-02-28
958 reads
Blogs
Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments–Day of Data Boston
By Steve Jones
Here are the resources for my talk at Day of Data Boston. Slides –...
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Forums
Azure SQL Database Event Log Limitations
Hi, Do you know if there is a way to get more detailed logging...
Four Rules for Adding AI Without Breaking What Already Works
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Four Rules for Adding AI...
SQL Server 2025 section missing?
Hello, the title says it all. Is the SQL Server 2025 section missing?
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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