Veterans at PASS Summit 2017

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This year at PASS Summit, I wanted to do something different.  In the past Summit’s that I have attended,...

Data Visualization Panel at PASS Summit

Next week is PASS Summit 2017, and I’m excited to be a part of it. One of the sessions in...

Exit Codes, systemd and SQL Server on Linux

In this blog post we’re going to cover systemd, process exit codes and highlight how systemd reacts in certain exit conditions from SQL Server on Linux. My friend and...

Exit Codes, systemd and SQL Server on Linux

In this blog post we’re going to cover systemd, process exit codes and highlight how systemd reacts in certain exit...

Create a Login in a SQL Server Availability Group

Situation In SQL Server Availability Groups (AG), Logins must have the same SID (Security identifier) on all the nodes where...

Line-Continuation in T-SQL

Some (or maybe most?) languages and operating system command shells allow for breaking up long lines into multiple lines (i.e....

Check out my Tips for Friday Blog Series

In case you missed, I started a new blog series several weeks ago called 5 Tips for Friday on SQL...

Drop That Schema

An often under utilized or maybe even mis-utilized feature of SQL Server is a database object schema. In the event of the latter, there is an occasional requirement for change.
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Drop That Schema

An often under utilized or maybe even mis-utilized feature of SQL Server is a database object schema. In the event of...

Cumulative Update #1 for SQL Server 2017 RTM

The 1st cumulative update release for SQL Server 2017 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft Downloads site.

CU#1 KB Article: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4038634/cumulative-update-1-for-sql-server-2017

Microsoft® SQL Server® 2017 RTM Latest Cumulative Update: https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=56128