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Database DevOps – Where do I start?

• by jphillips-46546

• Another SQL Geek

By now you have most likely heard the term DevOps and you are most likely working for a company that has implemented DevOps is some manner, that could be...

2020-07-29 (first published: 2020-07-17)

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Snowflake – Understanding constraints

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One of the concepts in Snowflake that I find many struggle with is how constraints are handled. If you come from a traditional database platform such as Microsoft SQL...

2020-07-21 (first published: 2020-07-08)

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Don’t be afraid of No

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How many times have you been afraid to hear “No”? We have all been there because we have been trained over the years to perceive “No” as a rejection,...

2020-07-17 (first published: 2020-07-08)

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SSIS Package Execution Failure – When google fails you :(

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We have all done it, get some sort of cryptic error and the first place we go to search is Google hoping the sea of message boards and blog...

2020-03-23 (first published: 2020-03-14)

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MS Ignite Day #2 Recap

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Day 2 was my opportunity to be focused and dive into a few technologies that were really peaking my interest, namely Azure Synapse Analytics and SQL Server 2019. Since...

2019-11-13 (first published: 2019-11-06)

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MS Ignite Day#1 Recap

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  What an amazing first day at Microsoft Ignite that all started at about 6:30 this morning when I got in line to be one of the first 3000...

2019-11-05

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Employees don’t work for you; you work for them

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Alex Yates (b | t) is hosting this month’s T-SQL Tuesday (the 119th edition) with asking us to write about something in our IT career that we have changes our minds...

2019-10-15 (first published: 2019-10-09)

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Back with new focus

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Back with a new focus First let me say wow can’t believe that it has been almost 3 years since I have blogged. The last few years my career...

2019-06-16

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Leadership Part 2: Talent acquisition and Employee Retention

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The two most costly human capital expenses an organization will have is the onboarding and offboarding of staff. Just take a moment to think about that and if your...

2019-06-26 (first published: 2019-06-12)

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Leadership Part 1: Team building

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One of the most challenging aspects of being a good leader is building a team that can support the initiatives you will set forth. Without a team that will...

2019-06-14 (first published: 2019-05-28)

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