Daily Coping 10 May 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-05-10
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My job managing a calling list. : T-SQL Tuesday #150
I’m actually hosting this month and I was wondering about your first technical job. Mine was kind of interesting. I ... Continue reading
2022-05-10
21 reads
My job managing a calling list. : T-SQL Tuesday #150
I’m actually hosting this month and I was wondering about your first technical job. Mine was kind of interesting. I ... Continue reading
2022-05-23 (first published: 2022-05-10)
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My First Technical Job: T-SQL Tuesday #150
It’s that time of the month again for a T-SQL Tuesday blog party. This month is hosted by Kenneth Fisher, who has hosted a few times in the past....
2022-05-10
60 reads
Microsoft Graph API in Power Automate: Adding Users to Private Teams Channels
This is video four in a four-part series walking you through how to leverage the Microsoft Graph API within Power Automate. In this video, Devin
2022-05-23 (first published: 2022-05-10)
340 reads
Mic Check
Is this thing on? If you’re reading this test post, it means DNS has updated properly and I’ve successfully migrated to Azure Static Web Sites. Welcome!
2022-05-10
18 reads
Friend of Redgate 2022
I am honored and humbled to be chosen to be part of the Friend of RedGate program for another year. This program is near and dear to my heart, and I look forward...
2022-05-09
44 reads
Daily Coping 9 May 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-05-09
42 reads
Metadata-driven pipelines in Azure Data Factory | Part 2
(2022-May-08) If you happened to read the Part 1 of this blog series, the main message of it was the Azure Data Factory Copy activity was not just a simple...
2022-05-18 (first published: 2022-05-09)
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Updated Pluralsight Course – Configuring and Managing Kubernetes Security
My updated course “Configuring and Managing Kubernetes Security” is now available on Pluralsight here! If you want to learn about the course, check out the trailer here, or if...
2022-05-09
9 reads
Blogs
Automated SQL Server Benchmarking with HammerDB and Docker: A Complete Testing Framework
I’m excited to announce the release of a new open-source project that fully automates...
T-SQL Snapshot Backups on Availability Group Secondary Replicas
One of my favourite features of SQL Server 2022 was the T-SQL Snapshot Backups....
The Book of Redgate: Hours
By Steve Jones
I have said and written this many times: Redgate Software is the type of...
Forums
Optional Parameter Plan Optimization in SQL Server 2025: Fixing the Kitchen-Sink Search Procedure
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Optional Parameter Plan Optimization in...
AI Experience Gap that we keep talking about
Comments posted to this topic are about the item AI Experience Gap that we...
Question of the Day
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There is a table tmp_tab:
CREATE TABLE tmp_tab ( id int, val int );
INSERT INTO tmp_tab VALUES (1, 1), (2, NULL), (3, 3), (4, 4), (5, 5);You want to order the rows ids by the following expression:
ISNULL(val, id) + 1Which of the following queries produces the expected ordering and why? (Select all correct) See possible answers