Be Kind
Simply put, we are not always going to agree. Please, take this as someone who was nicknamed “The Scary DBA” for reasons comic and tragic. I’ve screwed up a...
2020-02-18 (first published: 2020-02-11)
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Configure your tools : T-SQL Tuesday #123
Happy T-SQL Tuesday! Thanks for hosting this month Jess Pomfret (blog|twitter) and great topic. Life Hacks. There is one thing ... Continue reading
2020-02-18 (first published: 2020-02-11)
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T-SQL Tuesday 123: Life Hacks to make your day easier
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Jess Pomfret. Jess’s theme is ‘Life Hacks to make your day easier’. She talks of some things we do to make life...
2020-02-17 (first published: 2020-02-11)
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Azure SQL Database and Error Handling
For some reason I have friends / colleagues telling me that when scaling (up and down for this example) that no downtime occurs. Well, not only does Microsoft documentation...
2020-02-11
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T-SQL Tuesday #123: Lifehacks to Make Your Day Easier
This month, Jess Pomfret (blog | twitter) is trying to beat the winter motivation slump by exploring, and asking us to share, our lifehacks that make daily life a...
2020-02-11
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Starting and Stopping SQL Server with PowerShell
Have you ever had this issue? You are trying to explore new features of SQL Server or you want to install the latest version for some testing, but SQL...
2020-02-17 (first published: 2020-02-10)
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Extended Events: Histogram Output
The single most important thing to remember about Extended Events is that this functionality is not simply a replacement for Profiler/Trace, but a whole new tool with new functionality....
2020-02-14 (first published: 2020-02-10)
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Ethics in Modern Data presentation at SQLSaturday Austin BI Edition 2020
Excited to launch another new presentation, the first co-presented with my wife, on Ethics in Modern Data. We'll explore the ethical considerations around historical bias, ethics in analysis and...
2020-02-12 (first published: 2020-02-08)
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Speaking at PowerShell Summit 2020!
I’m proud to announce that I will be speaking at PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2020 the conference runs from April 27th through April 30. This is an incredible event packed...
2020-02-08
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Speaking at PowerShell Summit 2020!
I’m proud to announce that I will be speaking at PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2020 the conference runs from April 27th through April 30. This is an incredible event packed...
2020-02-08
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Blogs
Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
By Steve Jones
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
To refer and to be referred
Referrals have never been more important in the job market. They’re no longer nice...
A New Word: Dorgone
By Steve Jones
dorgone– adj. wondering if you could slip away from an event or group conversation...
Forums
Querying Multiple Tables for the Same Information
I have about 100 Tables that are all suffixed with _Modify. These tables record...
Make It Routine
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Finding Gaps in Sequential Data Using SQL Server
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Question of the Day
Negative and Positive Numbers
If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?
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