Signing Stored Procedures That Access Multiple Databases
A while back I wrote a post, Digitally Signing a Stored Procedure To Allow It To Run With Elevated Permissions
Recently Manish...
2018-11-08 (first published: 2018-10-30)
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Blog Posts
Speakers wanted for Richmond (VA) SQL Server Users Group – 2019
The Richmond SQL Server User Group, located in Richmond, VA, is looking for speakers for the 2019 calendar year. Due...
2018-11-08
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SQL work-vacation, Thursday! (#Workation #PASSSummit)
Hello yet again! I’ve been writing about our time this week in Seattle, for the PASS Summit. Saturday, I wrote that we’re here...
2018-11-08
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The 5 Scariest Moments for a SQL Server Developer
While families and friends are scaring each other this Halloween week with stories of ghosts and ghouls, I thought it’d...
2018-11-08 (first published: 2018-10-30)
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A Busy Summit
I’m only at the PASS Summit for two days, but they will be busy. If you’re at the event and...
2018-11-07
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A Health Check can keep your SQL database in great shape
Modern businesses are data-driven. Many business leaders will tell you it is the “lifeblood” of their company. Good data helps...
2018-11-07
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A Health Check can keep your SQL database in great shape
Modern businesses are data-driven. Many business leaders will tell you it is the “lifeblood” of their company. Good data helps us provide outstanding service to our customers, identify potential...
2018-11-07
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Append Variable activity in Azure Data Factory: Story of combining things together
(2018-Oct-29) There are only a few sentences in the official Microsoft web page that describe newly introduced activity task (Append Variable)...
2018-11-07 (first published: 2018-10-29)
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Azure SQL Database – Aborting Scale Request
Scaling up or down an Azure SQL Database is a very common task. Whilst common it is also very easy...
2018-11-07
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Cannot Use the Special Principal – Back to Basics
Cannot use the special principal 'dbo'. This error message can be misleading. This article will take you on a journey of common mis-steps along with the appropriate fix for...
2018-11-07
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Blogs
Local LLM Models at SQL Saturday Boston 2025
By Steve Jones
I’m starting a long trip at Boston this weekend. I’ll be there Saturday speaking,...
3 things you must do to start data quality management right
As a data & AI strategist who’s seen countless projects succeed and fail, I...
Set Theory vs. Batch Mode in SQL Server
By SQLPals
Set Theory vs. Batch Mode in SQL Server Not long ago,...
Forums
Timeout when expanding the table
Experts, I am hoping to get some help and feedback. I have a server...
Single User SQL Server on Linux
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All the Costs of Downtime
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Single User SQL Server on Linux
How can I start SQL Server on Linux in single-user mode to restore the master database?
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