Database Stuck in Suspect Mode
My holiday week did not started off very good. I come in and find a UAT environment database in suspect...
2018-11-27
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Blog Posts
Midlands PASS Meetings for January and February 2019
Midlands PASS won’t be holding a meeting in December. Too much going on! However, we are hosting meetings in January...
2018-11-27
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Part 2: Predictive Modeling using R and SQL Server Machine Learning Services
Recap!
Part 1 of Predictive Modeling using R and SQL Server Machine Learning Services covered an overview of Predictive Modeling and the...
2018-11-27 (first published: 2018-11-18)
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Power BI Visual Usability Checklist
At PASS Summit, I presented a session called “Do Your Data Visualizations Need a Makeover?”. In my session I explained...
2018-11-27 (first published: 2018-11-15)
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Should I load structured data into my data lake?
With data lakes becoming very popular, a common question I have been hearing often from customers is, “Should I load...
2018-11-27
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Should I load structured data into my data lake?
With data lakes becoming very popular, a common question I have been hearing often from customers is, “Should I load structured/relational data into my data lake?”. I talked about...
2018-11-27
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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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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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Blogs
Take Time to Gain Perspective
By Brian Kelley
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
The Fringe Festival
By Steve Jones
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
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