Blob Auditing for Azure SQL Database
In February 2017, Microsoft announced the general availability of Blob Auditing for Azure SQL Database. While auditing features were available...
2017-04-18
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Everyday SQL
AzureRM Module Version
When working with the AzureRM PowerShell module, remember the module is constantly being updated to take advantage of new features...
2017-04-13
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A Goal of Speaking at PASS Summit
Everyone has goals or at least they should have goals. As a young professional out of college, I had plenty...
2016-09-26
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SQLPSX is Finally Getting Updated
The most current code is now on Github, with the Codeplex version being depreciated. You can read all about the...
2016-08-16
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TSQL Tuesday #79 -SQL Server 2016 Launch Discovery Day (aka Hackathon)
The host for T-SQL Tuesday #79 is Michael J. Swart (b|t), and his topic of choice is to write about...
2016-06-14
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Database Restore Fails with Msg 3154
Have you ever tried to restore over an existing database only to receive the following error message?
Msg 3154, Level 16,...
2016-05-24
802 reads
Create a Whitelist for SQL Server
UPDATED - May 16, 2017 - Please review the updated code here.
In my previous post, Configuring the Azure SQL Database Firewall, I discussed...
2015-11-19 (first published: 2015-11-17)
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Configuring the Azure SQL Database Firewall
Azure SQL Database is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) that provides a relational database for use over the internet....
2015-11-03
585 reads
A New Achievement
To celebrate a recent achievement, I have decided to create a whole new section to my blog that will be...
2015-10-17
501 reads
Speaking at SQL Saturday #452 - Charlotte, NC - October 17
In case you missed it last week, there will be another SQL Saturday this weekend in Charlotte, NC. If you...
2015-10-14
506 reads
Blogs
Scooby Dooing Episode 9: The Case of the Artificially Intelligent Villain
Welcome back, my fellow sleuths, to my mystery-inspired blog series! I’m having a ton...
The Book of Redgate: Don’t be an a**hole
By Steve Jones
This was one of the original values: The facing page has this text: No...
Beyond Pipelines: How Fabric Reinvents Data Movement for the Modern Enterprise
By Chris Yates
For decades, enterprises have thought about data like plumbers think about water: you build...
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Create an HTML Report on the Status of SQL Server Agent Jobs
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Building a RESTful API with FastAPI and PostgreSQL
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The Journey to PostgreSQL (or anything)
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Question of the Day
A Common Split
What happens when I run this code:
DECLARE @s VARCHAR(1000) = 'apple, pear, peach' SELECT * FROM STRING_SPLIT(@s, ', ')See possible answers