A New Word: Insoucism
insoucism – n. the inability to decide how much sympathy your situation really deserves, knowing that so many people have it far worse and others far better, that some...
2024-05-24
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ERD Your Existing Databases
There are several tools out there to make your life easier by creating an ERD for your existing db. Everything works pretty well when you have a small number...
2024-06-12 (first published: 2024-05-23)
591 reads
AI World
this month is the big month and a month to remember their are so many announcements has been done in this month – May -2024 . As this is...
2024-05-23
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Using Flyway with Feature Flags
There is a nice article at Harness.io on their use of feature flags and how they deployed their next generation experience. It’s worth a read if you want to...
2024-05-22
48 reads
Microsoft Build event announcements on Fabric
There were a number of Microsoft Fabric announcements at Microsoft Build yesterday that I wanted to blog about. Everything announced at Build can be found in the Microsoft Build 2024 Book of...
2024-06-12 (first published: 2024-05-22)
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6 Can’t-Miss Basic SQL Courses to Learn in 2024: Your Fast Track to Data Mastery
Ready to dive into the world of SQL? Whether you're dreaming of a lucrative data career or just want a new skill under your belt, learning SQL is a...
2024-05-21
104 reads
Data-driven vs. Data-informed: Let’s Acknowledge the Truth
This comic was retweeted into my timeline on Twitter (I refuse to call it X). Here’s the dialog from the comic, for those that don’t want to click through...
2024-05-20
18 reads
Data-driven vs. Data-informed: Let’s Acknowledge the Truth
This comic was retweeted into my timeline on Twitter (I refuse to call it X). Here’s the dialog from the comic, for those that don’t want to click through...
2024-06-10 (first published: 2024-05-20)
420 reads
Writing Parquet Files – #SQLNewBlogger
Recently I’ve been looking at archiving some data at SQL Saturday, possibly querying it, and perhaps building a data warehouse of sorts. The modern view of data warehousing seems...
2024-06-14 (first published: 2024-05-20)
354 reads
A word about IT/cybersecurity and mental health
Just as it's important to take care of our physical health (and I'm guilty of neglecting that), it is important to take care of our mental health, too. Also,...
2024-06-10 (first published: 2024-05-20)
299 reads
Blogs
Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
By Zikato
When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
T-SQL Tuesday #200: When I Look at a Query …
By Steve Jones
This month is a milestone for T-SQL Tuesday. It’s number 200, which doesn’t sound...
Reflections on the Life of a DBA
The DBA life is fraught with pain. Those battles that we endure are mostly...
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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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