Deploying VMWare into Azure
Last Updated on January 18, 2024 by John Morehouse Did you know that you can deploy native VMWare virtual machines into Azure? Yeah, I didn’t either until earlier this...
2023-12-29
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A New Word: Koiniphobia
koinophobia – n. the fear that you’ve lived an ordinary life. The last one of the year. I’ve enjoyed reading through this dictionary, learning new (made up) words, and...
2023-12-29
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Introduction to IaC: Deploying Data infrastructure to Azure using Terraform (Part 4 - Using Github)
In Part 1, we explain the basics and prerrequisites to work with Terraform.In Part 2, we created our first Azure resource.In Part 3, we deployed our fist solution (Azure...
2023-12-28 (first published: 2023-12-27)
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Kusto (KQL) for Azure SQL Audit
According to Rod Trent, Kusto is named after Jacques Cousteau. He says, “We are exploring the depths of our data” by searching and querying our Azure log data. His...
2024-01-03 (first published: 2023-12-26)
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SELECT FORMAT(COUNT(1),’N’) FROM TableName WITH (NOLOCK);
Alternate title: How do I tell how far I am on that command? This little command (frequently with a WHERE ... Continue reading
2024-01-05 (first published: 2023-12-26)
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Create failed for Availability Group
Ever since the release of Always On Availability Group (AG or HADR) in SQL Server 2012 the adoption ratio is increasing. A lots of my clients too are adopting...
2024-01-03 (first published: 2023-12-25)
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Friday Flyway Tips–Above Target Migrations
Recently I was working with Flyway Desktop (FWD) and practicing deploying certain migrations and not others. I don’t recommend this, but a customer was doing this and I wanted...
2023-12-22
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A New Word: the whipgraft delusion
whipgraft delusion – n. the phenomenon in which you catch your reflection in the mirror and get the sense that you’re peering into the eyes of a strange, as...
2023-12-22
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Creating a Scripts Folder in SQL Compare
While I was at a conference recently, someone asked me about the Scripts Folder feature in SQL Compare and how to set that up. This post just looks at...
2024-01-05 (first published: 2023-12-20)
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Hello Microsoft Entra ID, good bye Azure Active Directory
A couple of months ago where I work, a major product started undergoing a rebrand. I don’t pretend to understand marketing folks, but a change this big needed to...
2023-12-19
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Capturing My Own Metrics: #SQLNewBlogger
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A customer was trying to compare two tables and capture a state as a...
Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
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This month is a milestone for T-SQL Tuesday. It’s number 200, which doesn’t sound...
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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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