Spark and dotnet in a single docker container
I really like the new dotnet driver for Spark because I think it makes spark more accesable to devs who might not know pythpn or scala.
If you want to...
2019-07-11
2 reads
Ed Elliott's Sql Developer Blog
Where do you do your database development? Hopefully not production
Here are three scenarios, if you work with SQL Server either as a provider of database environments (DBA) or a consumer of database environments for your application (developer) then...
2019-07-05
3 reads
Where do you do your database development? Hopefully not production
Here are three scenarios, if you work with SQL Server either as a provider of database environments (DBA) or a consumer of database environments for your application (developer) then...
2019-07-05
2 reads
As a DBA, how do I offload some of my work?
I don’t have time for this “I am a DBA, I am busy, too busy. Developers keep pushing changes to production without me reviewing the code, and now I...
2019-06-13
267 reads
As a DBA, how do I offload some of my work?
I don't have time for this “I am a DBA, I am busy, too busy. Developers keep pushing changes to production without me reviewing the code, and now I...
2019-06-13
2 reads
What is the key to automated database deployments?
In my blog post here https://the.agilesql.club/blogs/ed-elliott/2019-06-10/steps-to-automated-database-deployments I described the steps you need to go through so you can build up your confidence that you are capable of deploying databases...
2019-06-11
11 reads
What is the key to automated database deployments?
In my blog post here https://the.agilesql.club/2019/06/what-steps-are-there-to-move-to-safe-automated-database-deployments/ I described the steps you need to go through so you can build up your confidence that you are capable of deploying databases...
2019-06-11
3 reads
What steps are there to move to safe automated database deployments?
Database deployments are scary, you have all this data and if you drop the wrong table, run the wrong delete statement or have an error in a stored procedure...
2019-06-10
93 reads
What steps are there to move to safe automated database deployments?
Database deployments are scary, you have all this data and if you drop the wrong table, run the wrong delete statement or have an error in a stored procedure...
2019-06-10
1 reads
How do you choose which columns to include in your SQL Server clustered index?
Database Engineering: Database Modelling: Do I need to have an incrementing identity int/bigint as my clustered index in a SQL Server database? When you want to produce a professional...
2019-06-03
6 reads
Blogs
Running SQL Server on KubeVirt – Getting Started
With all the changes that have happened with VMware since the Broadcom acquisition I...
Why is shrinking IT budgets a good thing?
Each year around this time, companies enter the familiar ritual of budgeting. For many,...
Reverse Engineering a Physical Model Diagram
By Steve Jones
I recently wrote about a logical diagram with Redgate Data Modeler. That was interesting,...
Forums
Best analysis approach to reduce data type length in multiple tables
Hello SSC, I hope everyone is having a happy and safe holiday season! I...
Do you separate data/log files and TempDB files on different disks using AWS EC2
Hello, I am receiving multiple direction on deploying SQL Servers in AWS EC2. ...
Service account being in local admin in AWS EC2 environment?
Hello, I am working with a company on their database administration. I am trying...
Question of the Day
A New Operator
In SQL Server 2025, what does this code return?
SELECT '1' || '0'See possible answers