Fun-time Friday - Data outages, Security Breaches and Brexit
It’s been an interesting week here at gethynellis.com. We have been busy with a SQL Server version upgrade for a...
2018-12-28 (first published: 2018-12-07)
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Blog Posts
How to Cluster MaxDB on Windows in the Cloud #Azure #AWS #GCP #SAP
Recently I have had a number of customers looking for a high availability solution for MaxDB on Windows in the...
2018-12-28
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Journaling
Most of the work I’ve done for the past couple years doesn’t require taking much in the way of notes....
2018-12-28 (first published: 2018-12-04)
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Shrinking Tempdb in SQL Server won’t work?
Problem statement When I was working DML operation on the database, It is noted that the tempdb has grown significantly...
2018-12-28
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Shrinking Tempdb in SQL Server won’t work?
Problem statement When I was working DML operation on the database, It is noted that the tempdb has grown significantly larger and I didn’t have much space on the...
2018-12-28
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SQL Servers Black Box Recorder – Def Trace
Very much like what you may find with the airline industry, the black box recorder in SQL Server is not just a single method (device) implemented to capture all of...
2018-12-28
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SQL Servers Black Box Recorder – Def Trace
Across many professions and industries there is often a need to have some sort of device that “audits” everything that...
2018-12-28
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Webcast: Data Modeling Scenarios and Best Practices
On January 17, 2019, I will be giving a webcast with MSSQLTips on data modeling best practices. It’s scheduled for...
2018-12-28
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Automation to list all TCP static and dynamic ports of SQL Server instances using PowerShell
I was asked by the reader on how to get all the port information of SQL Servers instances. As you...
2018-12-27
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Basic Sequences–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2018-12-27 (first published: 2018-12-05)
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Blogs
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
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Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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