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Rebuilding a SQL Server Database Transaction Log
“Could you help me, we deleted the database’s transaction log file and now that database is stuck in ‘Recovery Pending’?” This was a panicked call that I received a...
2024-10-14 (first published: 2024-09-26)
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Copying Content from One Databricks Unity Catalog Catalog to Another
I had a couple of clients who were moving content from development catalogs to production catalogs for the first time. They wanted to copy the schema and data from...
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Copying Content from One Databricks Unity Catalog Catalog to Another
I had a couple of clients who were moving content from development catalogs to production catalogs for the first time. They wanted to copy the schema and data from...
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Copying Content from One Databricks Unity Catalog Catalog to Another
I had a couple of clients who were moving content from development catalogs to production catalogs for the first time. They wanted to copy the schema and data from...
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Copying Content from One Databricks Unity Catalog Catalog to Another
I had a couple of clients who were moving content from development catalogs to production catalogs for the first time. They wanted to copy the schema and data from...
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Dumping and Restoring Azure PostgreSQL Databases
I wanted to test a migration of Azure PostgreSQL from simple to flexible. I wanted a simple db to restore onto my single server. I may not have needed...
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Connection String Confusion in SSMS
Recently I was trying to use a connection string to connect in SSMS. There are some tools that have a connection string available as an output, including some Redgate...
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Analytics vs. Advanced Analytics
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A word on misogyny/sexism in cybersecurity/IT
Recently, on a post celebrating a female professional earning a significant achievement within the cybersecurity field, another individual (male) commented wondering if this was due to DEI. The one...
2024-10-11 (first published: 2024-09-24)
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Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
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Checking the Error Log I
On my SQL Server 2025, I want to search the error log from my T-SQL code for potential issues and then inform an administrator. What is the current way to easily query the error log?
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