Paid Flyway Advantages–Undo and Check
The Community edition of Flyway has some nice basic features, and it works well for many people. However, it requires you to do a lot of the heavy lifting...
2022-10-31
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T-SQL Tuesday #155 Round Up
It’s time to look back at the 155th blog party. I was the host this month, asking about Dynamic SQL. I got quite a few responses, which I’ve gone...
2022-11-01 (first published: 2022-10-31)
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Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 10-24-2022
Hello Dear Reader! This past week was an extremely fun time over at the Tales From The Field show! Fall is here, the leaves change and fall in Florida...
2022-10-31
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Weaponizing Query Store
I may have occasionally talked about the importance of Query Store, but today I want to emphasize just how much Microsoft is weaponizing query store. Of course, I don’t...
2022-10-31
25 reads
Daily Coping 31 Oct 2022
Today’s coping tip is to find a new perspective on a problem you face. I don’t face many big problems, but I do face lots of small ones on...
2022-10-31
23 reads
Improved data loads from Snowflake to Azure Synapse Analytics
My responsibilities revolve around providing the business with the data they need to make informed business decisions. One of those processes requires us to shift data from a Snowflake...
2022-11-11 (first published: 2022-10-30)
195 reads
What’s next: New beginnings!
I’m both excited and frankly relieved to say that I’ve found a new position. Starting Wed Nov 2nd I’ll be ... Continue reading
2022-10-28
30 reads
A Good Cause #SeattleSummitMoments
This is another memory of the PASS Summit, this one inspired by Argenis Fernandez, who wanted to raise money for Doctors Without Borders. I wrote a bit about the...
2022-10-28
20 reads
I Hope Someone Brings Back Game Night
A few years ago at the Summit, Andy Warren and I set up a Game night. We convinced the organizers to give us a room for a few hours...
2022-10-28
20 reads
Daily Coping 28 Oct 2022
Today’s coping tip is to realize you can’t do everything; what are your three top priorities now? It’s a few weeks before the Data Community Summit, volleyball starts, vacation...
2022-10-28
12 reads
Blogs
Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments–Day of Data Boston
By Steve Jones
Here are the resources for my talk at Day of Data Boston. Slides –...
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Forums
SQL Server Storage Optimization: Multiple Files in a Filegroup vs Dedicated File
Hello, I would like to get some feedback regarding the best storage optimization strategy...
Azure SQL Database Event Log Limitations
Hi, Do you know if there is a way to get more detailed logging...
Four Rules for Adding AI Without Breaking What Already Works
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Four Rules for Adding AI...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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