Certified Azure Administrator (AZ-104) – Passed!!!
Back in March I saw a Tweet about the beta Microsoft Certification Exam AZ-104 program was looking for 300 candidates to take the exam by May 31st. Since moving...
2020-07-28
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Creating New Database — Standard Settings
Recently I have been able to work with our development teams to not create new databases. There are several reasons for me making this request of the teams. The...
2020-07-21
10 reads
sp_Blitz for All Servers
Are you a Microsoft SQL Server DBA managing one or more servers? Then you should know about the First Responder Kit from Brent Ozar Unlimited. This is a free...
2020-07-14
303 reads
BBQ Time in Texas
My first go at smokin’ a brisket is documented below. It is summertime and we are stuck at home in isolation, might as well find a new hobby. I...
2020-07-09
1 reads
2019 PASS Summit Recap from a First Timer
Heading to PASS Summit… It is Sunday the week of PASS Summit and I am at the airport after a relaxing morning with my wife and son. Unfortunately, I...
2019-12-06
2 reads
NTSSUG Board Elections
It is that time of year again. The NTSSUG has two spots coming open on the board. Last year I decided at the last minute to opt in as...
2019-11-21
2 reads
OLDEST_PAGE Log Reuse Wait type
Do you frequently use the “log_reuse_wait_type_desc” column in the [crayon-5f297eff3d7ff981952735-i/] view? Have you ever seen the type of OLDEST_PAGE? You are not the only one!! Recently I was troubleshooting...
2019-09-24
939 reads
NO RDPing!!! dbatools to the Rescue
So you hear this spread across the Twitterverse and Blogosphere. You should not RDP your SQL Servers to do administrative work. My nature has always been to troubleshoot issues...
2019-09-12
7 reads
Installing Microsoft MDS on SQL Server Standard Edition
HaHa, tricked you. You can’t install SQL MDS on Standard Edition. You must first upgrade to SQL Enterprise Edition before you can proceed with an MDS installation. Upgrading SQL...
2019-08-15
73 reads
Blogs
A New Word: Ghough
By Steve Jones
ghough – n. a hollow place in your psyche that can never be filled;...
T-SQL Tuesday: Encryption and Data Protection
I have the honour of hosting this month’s T-SQL Tuesday. In case there’s any...
Parameterize your Databricks notebooks with widgets
Widgets provide a way to parameterize notebooks in Databricks. If you need to call...
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Need to output table data into multiple CSV files
Hello, I created the below script to output 999 rows from SQL Server table...
Changing Database page Verify on a Database in an AG
I have a database on SQL 2019 in an Availability Group (AG) and I...
Alwyason availability group can set primary role permanently?
Hi. Two node windows clusters Node1 and Node2 and configured alwayson availability group. Will...
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