PASS Summit 2018 – Keynote Day 2 Live Blog
It’s keynote time again! The second full day of the conference starts now, and like yesterday, I’ll be live-blogging during...
2018-11-08
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Blog Posts
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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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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Blogs
Automated SQL Server Benchmarking with HammerDB and Docker: A Complete Testing Framework
I’m excited to announce the release of a new open-source project that fully automates...
T-SQL Snapshot Backups on Availability Group Secondary Replicas
One of my favourite features of SQL Server 2022 was the T-SQL Snapshot Backups....
The Book of Redgate: Hours
By Steve Jones
I have said and written this many times: Redgate Software is the type of...
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