2019 Year in Review
As we open 2020 (and the house is still quiet on this New Year’s Morning), I thought I’d take a moment to reflect on the past year.
Blogging 2019 was...
2020-01-01
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Negative Port Numbers
Validating your server setup is an integral component of your duties as a SQL Server DBA. When performing those validations, it is possible to run into an intriguing difference...
2019-12-31
133 reads
Negative Port Numbers
Validating your server setup is an integral component of your duties as a SQL Server DBA. When performing those validations, it is possible to run into an intriguing difference...
2019-12-31
772 reads
Happy New Year – Our Top Posts of 2019
With the New Year fast approaching and maybe already having arrived depending on where you are, we thought we’d do a quick recap of our top 5 posts from...
2019-12-31
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Last Week Reading (2019-12-29)
Hello boys & girls! This is the last post in “Last Week Reading” series in this decade. Can you believe that? Have you had a good Christmas time? Have...
2019-12-30
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Last Week Reading (2019-12-29)
Hello boys & girls! This is the last post in “Last Week Reading” series in this decade. Can you believe that? Have you had a good Christmas time? Have...
2019-12-30
22 reads
Get a List of Files with Data
The trick here is to find a way to search thousands of files quickly and filter easily the bad from the good. Sounds like an opportunity for an automation...
2019-12-30
11 reads
Get a List of Files with Data
The trick here is to find a way to search thousands of files quickly and filter easily the bad from the good. Sounds like an opportunity for an automation...
2020-01-13 (first published: 2019-12-30)
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Azure – BGP Community for Application Insights (Need Votes)
Working with Microsoft, we determined that there is no BGP community for Azure’s Application Insights. As a result, I’ve created a feedback request for Microsoft to consider doing just...
2020-01-08 (first published: 2019-12-30)
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Ending My Time as PASS President
With the end of the year, other things are coming to an end as well. Tomorrow, December 31st, will mark my final day as President of the PASS organization....
2020-01-10 (first published: 2019-12-30)
458 reads
Blogs
Don’t Fear the Technology
By Brian Kelley
The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to...
Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG
The STIG is detailed, which is a good thing, but I found myself wanting...
Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
By Steve Jones
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions III
If I run the REGEXP_LIKE() function, does it match values in a case-sensitive fashion, or a case-insensitive fashion by default.
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