Some databases may show a NULL collation in the sys.databases DMV
While working on my Swart’s Ten Percent Rule post last week, I needed to test the Windows version of the...
2018-12-12
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Blog Posts
Some differences with SQL Server when running on AWS RDS
If you plan on using Amazon Web Services (AWS) to host your SQL Server based applications in the cloud, then...
2018-12-12
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SQL Server Vulnerability Assessment
SQL Server Vulnerability Assessment (VA) in SQL Server Management Studio 17.4 or later lets SQL Server scan your databases for...
2018-12-12
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T-SQL Tuesday #109–Influence
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday host is Jason Brimhall. He asks everyone to write about influence, which is something that I...
2018-12-12
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T-SQL Tuesday 109: To influence and to be influenced
The last T-SQL Tuesday of this year is hosted by Jason Brimhall – one of my long-time friends in the SQL...
2018-12-12
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TSQL-Tuesday #109 – Influence Somebody
Influence Somebody Ahh, December. What a wonderful time. Snow all around (many along the eastern seaboard of the United States were hit Sunday by a snowstorm… I had 7?...
2018-12-12
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TSQL-Tuesday #109 – Influence Somebody
Influence Somebody
Ahh, December. What a wonderful time. Snow all around (many along the eastern seaboard of the United States were...
2018-12-12
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Attaching databases via a dockerfile – UPDATE
This has been bugging me for a while but I just haven’t had a chance to get around to revisiting...
2018-12-11
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Email Notifications in Azure Data Factory: Failure is not an option
(2018-Nov-27) When something goes wrong with your data transformation process in Azure Data Factory, the last thing you expect to happen...
2018-12-11 (first published: 2018-11-27)
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Forcing a Plan That Has a Plan Guide
The question that came up during a recent class I was teaching was: What if you have a plan guide...
2018-12-11 (first published: 2018-11-26)
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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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