Bullet Journal Workshop for April/May!
Edit: The April 26 workshop will be at 10:30am Central Time, because right after that I get my second Covid […]
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2021-04-06
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SQL Awesomesauce
Prevent the next data breach – a MinionWare snippet
Dozens of major data breaches have occurred in the last fifteen years. Each one illustrates the massive cost – both in dollars and in reputation – of lax security....
2020-06-22
12 reads
Prevent the next data breach – a MinionWare snippet
Dozens of major data breaches have occurred in the last fifteen years. Each one illustrates the massive cost – both in dollars and in reputation – of lax security....
2020-06-22
8 reads
Prevent the next data breach – a MinionWare snippet
Dozens of major data breaches have occurred in the last fifteen years. Each one illustrates the massive cost – both in dollars and in reputation – of lax security....
2020-06-22
12 reads
Prevent the next data breach – a MinionWare snippet
Dozens of major data breaches have occurred in the last fifteen years. Each one illustrates the massive cost – both in dollars and in reputation – of lax security....
2020-06-22
5 reads
Remote communication for fun and profit! – a MinionWare snippet
We’re a large household with a small business, and we find ourselves with an interesting mix of tools for chat, screen sharing, and video conferencing. Here are our favorites!
The...
2020-06-10
9 reads
Remote communication for fun and profit! – a MinionWare snippet
We’re a large household with a small business, and we find ourselves with an interesting mix of tools for chat, screen sharing, and video conferencing. Here are our favorites!
The...
2020-06-10
12 reads
What happens if your SQL Server editions are out of support? – a MinionWare snippet
The more your SQL Server is out of date, the more things become vulnerable, broken and unfixable, limited in features, and expensive.
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2020-06-03
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What happens if your SQL Server editions are out of support? – a MinionWare snippet
The more your SQL Server is out of date, the more things become vulnerable, broken and unfixable, limited in features, and expensive.
The post What happens if your SQL Server...
2020-06-03
12 reads
Three big reasons T-SQL still beats the GUI – a MinionWare snippet
We like code better than mouse clicks for three basic reasons: T-SQL lets you do more. T-SQL lets you share your process. T-SQL lets you keep a record.
The...
2020-05-27
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Blogs
Learn Better: Pause to Review More
By Brian Kelley
If you want to learn better, pause more in your learning to intentionally review.
Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-Gen: Bring on the IOPS
By John
If you’ve used Azure SQL Managed Instance General Purpose, you know the drill: to...
SQL, MDX, DAX – the languages of data
By DataOnWheels
Ramblings of a retired data architect Let me start by saying that I have...
Forums
Two foreign keys to the same table. Can't cascade deletes.
Not sure if this is really a relational theory question but it seems about...
Connecting Power BI to SSAS and effective user not working
Hi everyone, Below is a consolidated summary of what we validated Architecture & data...
High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
Hi all, I recently moved to a new employer who have their HA setup...
Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers