Is your SQL Server environment ready for GDPR? Part 2
In my previous blog post of this topic, I talked about the definition of what GDPR is and also described...
2018-11-09 (first published: 2018-10-30)
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Signing Stored Procedures That Access Multiple Databases
A while back I wrote a post, Digitally Signing a Stored Procedure To Allow It To Run With Elevated Permissions
Recently Manish...
2018-11-08 (first published: 2018-10-30)
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The 5 Scariest Moments for a SQL Server Developer
While families and friends are scaring each other this Halloween week with stories of ghosts and ghouls, I thought it’d...
2018-11-08 (first published: 2018-10-30)
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The 5 Scariest Moments for a SQL Server Developer
Watch this week's video on YouTube
While families and friends are scaring each other this Halloween week with stories of ghosts and ghouls, I thought it'd be way scarier to talk...
2018-10-30
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The 5 Scariest Moments for a SQL Server Developer
Watch this week's video on YouTube
While families and friends are scaring each other this Halloween week with stories of ghosts and ghouls, I thought it'd be way scarier to talk...
2018-10-30
13 reads
Email Alerts with SIOS DataKeeper
Over the past few weeks I wrote a 3-part series on how to configure email alerts based on Perfmon Counters,...
2018-10-30
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Append Variable activity in Azure Data Factory: Story of combining things together
(2018-Oct-29) There are only a few sentences in the official Microsoft web page that describe newly introduced activity task (Append Variable)...
2018-11-07 (first published: 2018-10-29)
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Using MAXDOP to fix a performance problem
As DBA’s we are sometimes put in a rock and hard place when it comes to database performance. This situation...
2018-11-06 (first published: 2018-10-29)
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Step-by-Step: How to Trigger an Email Alert when a Specific Windows Service Starts or Stops on Windows Server 2016
Introduction
In my last post. Step-by-Step: How to Trigger an Email Alert from a Windows Event that Includes the Event Details using...
2018-10-29
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Explicitly Drop Temporary Tables Or Wait For Cleanup?
I was recently asked if we are going to see performance differences if we explicitly drop temporary tables. I couldn’t...
2018-11-07 (first published: 2018-10-29)
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Blogs
Why AI isn’t paying off yet, and what to invest in first
Why isn’t AI paying off yet? Drawing on lessons from digital transformation, Joyful Craftsmen...
Flyway Tips: Analytics Platforms (Snowflake and Databricks)
By Steve Jones
I’m really excited about some growth in Flyway support. I’ve been asking about this...
Paginated Reporting at Scale: Choosing the Right Microsoft Platform
By Rayis Imayev
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe..."— Roy Batty, Nexus-6 Replicant, Blade Runner (1982)(2026-Nov-08) Yep,...
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Table Partitioning in SQL Server: A Practical Guide to Managing Very Large Tables (VLDBs)
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Too Many Choices
I have a table, dbo.MasterBrands, with this data:
BrandID OfficialName 1 Samsung 2 Apple 3 Microsoft 4 Adidas 5 Coca-ColaI run this query. What is returned for Coca-Cola?
SELECT CHOOSE(BrandID, 'Conglomerate', 'Tech and Design', 'Desktop', 'Apparel') FROM dbo.MasterBrands;See possible answers