Data Modeling Webcast Rescheduled
Unfortunately, due to a last minute scheduling conflict on my side, we’ve had to reschedule the data modeling webcast with...
2019-01-16
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Blog Posts
Data Warehousing Tip #3 – Build thin slice
My third data warehousing tip is to build thin slice. Deliver subsets of valuable functionality. Get feedback and buy in,...
2019-01-16 (first published: 2019-01-07)
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Database modelling in a post-SSMS world: dbForge Studio
A few months ago, Microsoft announced that SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) will no longer include the visual Database Diagrams...
2019-01-16
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Inspector V1.3 hotfix
Unfortunately we discovered a small bug in 1.3, the Database ownership module default warning level was not showing a yellow...
2019-01-16
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Short Circuiting Your Session
It isn’t very often that one would consider a short circuit to be a desired outcome. In SQL Server we...
2019-01-16 (first published: 2019-01-05)
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Watch all my free PASS Summit recordings– and more videos at Pass.org
A magical thing happened this week in the SQL Community Slack (it’s free to join, by the way, sign up here). In the midst of a discussion about the...
2019-01-16
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Approximate COUNT DISTINCT
We all have written queries that use COUNT DISTINCT to get the unique number of non-NULL values from a table....
2019-01-15 (first published: 2019-01-03)
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Creating my own Map Shapefiles for Power BI
(2019-Jan-06) In the past, I used to always rely on shapefiles crafted by others to create my map visualizations in...
2019-01-15 (first published: 2019-01-06)
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Inspector V1.3 now available
Inspector V1.3 is now available on GitHub.
We have updated the sample report for you to play with which includes the...
2019-01-15
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Moving off SQL Server 2008 / R2 – What can Azure offer?
You will very likely know that SQL Server 2008 / R2 end of support is on July 9th 2019. Not that...
2019-01-15
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
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The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Identities and Sequences III
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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