Thinking about Pre-Cons In Orlando in 2019
In the spirit of “do more” we’re hoping to host at least 4 pre-cons in Orlando in 2019. Right now...
2018-11-27
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Blog Posts
Why You Should Take the ‘State of Database DevOps Survey’ Today (even if you don’t do DevOps)
Update: The survey is now closed, thanks folks! When I began working with databases, nobody talked about DevOps. It was a few years before I heard the words ‘Agile’...
2018-11-27
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Create dynamic agenda slides with PowerPoint Zoom
There was a time when I saw PowerPoint as a necessary evil – a way of conveying ideas that I wasn’t crazy about, but which worked. These days, my...
2018-11-26
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Determine database version from a bak file
Have you ever imagine you can determine the version of SQL Server from a bak or a MDF file? I...
2018-11-26 (first published: 2018-11-15)
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FCB::Open failed: Could not open file number 2. OS error: 3(The system cannot find the path specified.).
AdvertisementsTroubleshooting steps to do when we cannot start SQL service and receive this alert.
Run –> eventvwr –> windows log –> system and filter...
2018-11-26
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Ghosts in your Database
Yes Virginia, there are ghosts in your database. More specifically, there are ghosts in your SQL Server database. They are not there to haunt you. They are not there...
2018-11-26
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Monitor Database Offline Events
The other day, I shared an article showing how to audit database offline events via the default trace. Today, I...
2018-11-26 (first published: 2018-11-15)
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Migrating SQL Database To Azure SQL Instance using Microsoft Database Migration Assistant (DMA) Tool
In this article we learn migrating SQL Database To Azure SQL Instance using Microsoft Database Migration Assistant (DMA) Tool. In...
2018-11-25
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Migrating SQL Database To Azure SQL Instance using Microsoft Database Migration Assistant (DMA) Tool
In this article we learn migrating SQL Database To Azure SQL Instance using Microsoft Database Migration Assistant (DMA) Tool. In this article, I have explained this as a step...
2018-11-25
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PASS Summit 2018 brain dump
Much like your paycheck, this post is two weeks after the fact. But also like your paycheck, it’s got a good deal of personal importance. I’ve taken a couple...
2018-11-25
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Blogs
AI: Blog a Day – Day 6: Embeddings – How AI Understands
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 5 where we covered notebooks, HuggingFace and fine tuning AI now...
The Book of Redgate: Mistakes
By Steve Jones
This is kind of a funny page to look at. The next page has...
ADF Pipeline Debugging Fails with BadRequest – The Sequel
A while ago I blogged about a use case where a pipeline fails during...
Forums
Dynamic Unpivot
I have a table I didn't design that has tons of repeating groups in...
Writing as an Art and a Job
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String Similarity II
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Question of the Day
String Similarity II
What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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