Daily Coping 18 Aug 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-08-18
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For #JohnsDad
Last week, on Wednesday August 11, 2021 at approximately 3:45PM Eastern, my Father left this world. Much too early. Covid took my Father from me, my family, and his...
2021-08-17
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Experiment: Does sp_recompile on a table update associated views.
tldr: No. You have to use sp_refreshview. One of the only good things to come out of all of the ... Continue reading
2021-09-01 (first published: 2021-08-17)
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Pure Storage Links
SQL Server Pure Storage SQL Server Platform Guides Pure Storage SQL Server Best Practices Pure Storage SQL Server Scripts on GitHub Pure Storage ActiveCluster with SQL Server Azure...
2021-08-17
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Meet the Customers We’re Featuring at the WordPress.com Growth Summit
We are proud to feature Jessica Petrie of Yoga Next Door, HBCU Gameday, and other inspiring customers at the second Official WordPress.com Growth Summit, on Tuesday, August 17.
2021-08-16
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Become a Beginner at Data Science with the WIT
I’m a beginner in data science. I know a lot of general things about the field, but I’m really a beginner in most ways. This Friday, 20 Aug 2021,...
2021-08-16
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Daily Coping 16 Aug 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-08-16
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Divide the rows in equals batches
Here is the simple and practical use case of NTILE function. We’ve used it to divide the rows of sys.columns into N batches. N is the batch size. We’ve...
2021-08-25 (first published: 2021-08-15)
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SSMS and SQLCMD: Prevent T-SQL Batch From Not Only Executing, but Also From Parsing (Cruel Joke #3)
(last updated: 2021-08-13 @ 19:50 ET / 2021-08-13 @ 23:50 UTC ) In a previous post, Prevent Full Script Execution (Understanding and Using PARSEONLY and NOEXEC), I explained how...
2021-08-25 (first published: 2021-08-13)
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How I carved up 18TB of Storage
In a previous post I told you about how I got a Synology DS920+ on loan to play around with. The device comes with 4 drive bays so there...
2021-08-13
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Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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