Degrees and Trade Schools
Can we normalize a couple of things? 1 – Trade Schools. Back in the 80’s trade classes in high school and post high school were frowned upon, or looked...
2024-05-08
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Dallas DBAs
3rd Party Applications Have Issues
As a SQL DBA, what do you do when a vendor application has performance problems that are code related? Server settings don’t generally seem to be an issue. Queries...
2024-05-20 (first published: 2024-05-02)
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Set-Based vs Row-Based Database Code
In SQL Server, the terms “set-based” and “row-based” refer to different approaches or styles of writing SQL code to manipulate data. These styles have implications for performance, readability, and...
2023-12-18 (first published: 2023-12-01)
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Database Concerns – A Poll!
What are you most concerned about in your database platforms? Please pick from the list below, and expand on your choice in the comments if you like: Thanks...
2023-11-08 (first published: 2023-10-25)
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SQL Server Backups are Not a High-Availability Solution
Please continue doing your backups! Backups are Disaster Recovery, yes…but not HA. Some will argue with this (in the comments most likely), but I broadly define “High Availability” as...
2023-11-01 (first published: 2023-10-17)
313 reads
IRL #8: SQL Server Down
Problem: My PocketDBA® client called in with a non-responsive SQL Server. Application errors, timeout, alerts firing. SQL Server box is up, and the services are running. Background: This is...
2023-09-06
28 reads
SQL Server is not a Car
Lets compare them anyway, just for fun. Both have an engine Both have a monitoring device (Dashboard/Activity Monitor) Both need power (Gas/Electricity) Both need to be told what do...
2023-09-05
25 reads
Reflections on the Software Industry
Every now and then we like to have someone do a guest post, with a topic of their own choosing. This time, we picked Kevin Miller (LI). Kevin is...
2023-08-21 (first published: 2023-08-01)
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Test Restore Your SQL Server Databases
Pain Point: Something bad happened and you need to restore a SQL Server database. Pain Point you didn’t know you had: The backup files are all corrupt due a...
2023-07-25
286 reads
Storytelling for DBAs and Other Technical Folk
(for your reading pleasure, written by Jules. –ed) We have all had that sinking feeling of defeat: you’ve just finished explaining a very important and highly technical thing to...
2023-07-05 (first published: 2023-06-20)
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Blogs
A New Word: Amoransia
By Steve Jones
amoransia – n. the melodramatic thrill of unrequited love; the longing to pine for...
The Data API Builder Start and Add Extensions in VS Code
By Steve Jones
One of the things that I like about the Data API Builder (DAB) is...
Using OneLake for Excel Files in Microsoft Fabric
By DataOnWheels
Hey data friends! This blog is to discuss an edge case I’ve run into...
Forums
DbDefence - how does work this tool?
How it is implemented? I have installed, tried, it is free for dbs <=30...
Technical Pain Behaviors
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trying to call powershell from TSQL statement
Hello, trying to call a powershell file I created, locally on the server, but...
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Counting Bits
What does the BIT_COUNT function do in SQL Server?
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