Setting a Custom Variable in an Azure DevOps Pipeline with PowerShell
Here’s a quick post on something simple which stumped me for a while, in the hopes that search engines help someone else who gets confused in the same way....
2019-09-02
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20 Years of Redgate Software
Yeah, Redgate is only one year younger than my children. What’s really frightening is that I’ve been using Redgate’s products since my kids were a year old. I was...
2019-09-02
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SQL Homework – September 2019 – Getting the data in
Everything else aside two of the most important tasks of a database are to get data in, and get data ... Continue reading
2019-09-02
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Protected: Vajrasara – an interview with Lashana Lewis – Part 1
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2019-09-02
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SSIS Precedence Constraints
In the control flow for SQL Server Integration Services, the “lines” we commonly use to connect tasks to each other are actually smart controls. These SSIS precedence constraints allow...
2019-09-02
26 reads
Visual Studio tSQLt Test Adapter
I finally got around to updating the tSQLt test adapter for visual studio, you can download it from:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vs-publisher-263684.GoEddietSQLt2019
or the search in visual studio extensions thingy finds it as well.
For...
2019-09-02
8 reads
Visual Studio tSQLt Test Adapter
I finally got around to updating the tSQLt test adapter for visual studio, you can download it from:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vs-publisher-263684.GoEddietSQLt2019
or the search in visual studio extensions thingy finds it as well.
For...
2019-09-02
99 reads
What’s in the pipeline for Power BI?
If you’re interested in Power BI (or the Power platform in general), you might be interested in checking out the release overview guides of “2019 release wave 2” for...
2019-09-02
9 reads
What’s in the pipeline for Power BI?
If you’re interested in Power BI (or the Power platform in general), you might be interested in checking out the release overview guides of “2019 release wave 2” for...
2019-09-02
170 reads
September on the Road
I am so excited for the next three weeks. This is a trip that has been in the planning for nearly 2 years. I have always loved travelling and...
2019-09-01
21 reads
Blogs
Take Time to Gain Perspective
By Brian Kelley
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
The Fringe Festival
By Steve Jones
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
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