Dates and Times in SQL Server: DATENAME()
Last time we looked at DATEPART(). This post is all about the DATENAME() function. So many similarities There are many...
2018-06-20
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SSMS reset window layout (Day 37)
SSMS is a wonderful tool. You can drag Windows around, grouped with others, split, docked, undocked, hidden… it seems endless...
2018-07-02 (first published: 2018-06-20)
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SQL Server Patching within an Always On Environment
SQL Server Patching with the introduction and adoption of Always On has changed. The traditional method by waiting for Service...
2018-06-20
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Overview of SQL Server 2017 Docker containers on Linux machine
SQL Server 2017 is the biggest release and most important releases in the Microsoft product history simply because of the...
2018-06-20
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Strings vs Identifiers
A common mistake, and one I make frequently myself is to use a string in place of an identifier, or...
2018-07-02 (first published: 2018-06-20)
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Replication Max Text Length
Ever seen the below error? Until this week I hadn’t. So, I figured I’d take a little time and introduce...
2018-06-28 (first published: 2018-06-20)
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Deploying to Azure Without Writing JSON Arm Templates
Reading Time: 6 minutes (not a minute longer)
TLDR; ARM templates are a great way to deploy to Azure, setting up...
2018-06-19
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Deploying to Azure Without Writing JSON Arm Templates
Reading Time: 6 minutes (not a minute longer)
TLDR; ARM templates are a great way to deploy to Azure, setting up...
2018-06-19
303 reads
Deploying to Azure Without Writing JSON Arm Templates
Reading Time: 6 minutes (not a minute longer)
TLDR; ARM templates are a great way to deploy to Azure, setting up a template that can deploy an entire environment from...
2018-06-19
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SQL Saturday Houston is this weekend
I’m speaking along with many other amazingly talented professionals, including Adam from Guy In A Cube. If you’re in the...
2018-06-19
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Blogs
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
When Your Microsoft Fabric Capacity Runs Out: Optimize, Scale Up, Scale Out, or Isolate?
By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
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The New World Of AI Robots
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Logic question in a WHERE clause using IIF?
Thanks in advance, I'm trying to avoid using IIF for performance reasons, but the...
Execute as failure
Security has long been a problem for me. Every time I think I understand...
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BIT_COUNT() V
What does this return on SQL Server 2025?
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