Three ways a virtual Database Administrator (vDBA) could be just what your business needs
How often have you felt like you need an extra pair of hands? When you’re planning a party? Maybe. When...
2018-11-01 (first published: 2018-10-24)
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Blog Posts
How do I look at my error log if SQL won’t open?
Quick and easy post today. Hopefully you’ve opened the error log on a SQL instance. However, what happens if you...
2018-10-31 (first published: 2018-10-22)
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How to create DACPAC file?
In this post I will explain what the DACPAC is and how to create it. In previous post in DevOps...
2018-10-31
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Installing Azure Data Studio
Azure Data Studio is the newest tool from Microsoft for working on the data platform. Last year we saw the...
2018-10-31 (first published: 2018-10-19)
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PASS Summit, SQLTrain and My First US SQL Saturday
Next week is the week when I used to dread looking at Twitter and especially the #PASSsummit hashtag, watching all of...
2018-10-31
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Speaking at PASS Summit
The title says it all, this year I have been selected as a speaker at the world’s largest Microsoft Data...
2018-10-31
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String or binary data would be truncated: get the full picture in SQL Server 2017
SQL Server 2019 Preview (CTP 2.0) introduced a long-awaited improvement to an error message that’s been around in SQL Server...
2018-10-31
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Email Alerts with SIOS DataKeeper
Over the past few weeks I wrote a 3-part series on how to configure email alerts based on Perfmon Counters,...
2018-10-30
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Invalid value given for parameter PASSWORD. Specify a valid parameter value.
I still use sp_help_revlogin to transfer logins between servers. I know there are other options, including a set of Powershell...
2018-10-30 (first published: 2018-10-17)
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The 5 Scariest Moments for a SQL Server Developer
Watch this week's video on YouTube
While families and friends are scaring each other this Halloween week with stories of ghosts and ghouls, I thought it'd be way scarier to talk...
2018-10-30
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Blogs
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
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