Building a SharePoint 2013 BI Demo Environment Part 2 – Building the VM
In this blog post I’ll explain how I build the VM and VHD for my virtual demo environment. I use...
2013-05-31
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Exploring a Database in Azure
After creating my Azure account, I wasn’t sure where to go next. Fortunately I had an immediate project that occupied...
2013-05-30
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SQL- Setup and Configure Backup Report – Step by Step Approach – All listed SQL Instances
One of SQL enthusiast asked me to include the complete code and wanted to schedule a SQL job. I’m trying...
2013-05-30
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Security Questions: TRUNCATE TABLE Permissions
As I mentioned in the introductory post, during the Introduction to SQL Server Security session for Pragmatic Work’sTraining on the T’s, I...
2013-05-30
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Ralph Kimball Books
If you are involved in Business Intelligence, then the books by Ralph Kimball are required reading:
The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit: Practical...
2013-05-30
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A moment of void in the cranium reveals a recursive computed column with an esoteric message
Msg 402, Level 16, State 1, Line 67
The data types varchar and void type are incompatible in the add...
2013-05-30
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I am Speaking at 2013 PASS Member Summit!
Speaking at PASS Summit 2013
Every single year I look forward to the PASS Member Summit. In a nutshell it is...
2013-05-30
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Saving Grace
According to Merriam-Webster the definition of grace is:
1a : unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification; b : a...
2013-05-30
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Backup a password, change it, then restore it.
A couple of months ago I talked about moving a login from one server to another without the password. The...
2013-06-05 (first published: 2013-05-30)
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SQL Saturday Charleston!
Finally.... SQL Saturday has come back to... South Carolina! (with apologies to The Rock)
After the last SQL Saturday in Columbia,...
2013-05-30
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Blogs
A New Word: Dorgone
By Steve Jones
dorgone– adj. wondering if you could slip away from an event or group conversation...
Tell It Once: Setting Up Claude With Skills and MCP Servers
By ReviewMyDB
Many of us use AI the same way every single day. Open a tab....
SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident
By SQLPals
SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident SQL...
Forums
does anyone used https://github.com/ktaranov/sqlserver-kit
Could you please let me know if anyone is used https://github.com/ktaranov/sqlserver-kit github for deployment...
How Can Database Performance Improve the Overall Website Experience?
I’ve been looking into ways to improve the connection between a website and its...
When And How to Automate?
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Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas II
How many Azure SQL DB Hyperscale HA replicas can be configured as of Sept 2026?
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