Speaking at SQL Bits 2022
A look at the sessions I'll be presenting at SQL Bits 2022 in London this year. Excited to return to a great conference and hope to see you...
2022-02-11
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Daily Coping 11 Feb 2022
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...
2022-02-11
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Daily Coping 10 Feb 2022
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...
2022-02-10
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You can’t use GO in dynamic SQL.
This is one of those things that when I look back on it seems really obvious. Note: If at the ... Continue reading
2022-02-10
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You can’t use GO in dynamic SQL.
This is one of those things that when I look back on it seems really obvious. Note: If at the ... Continue reading
2022-02-25 (first published: 2022-02-10)
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Azure DB for MySQL – server parameters
If you have used MySQL before you will know about the system server variables, you know such commands as SHOW VARIABLES; You can access most of them via the...
2022-02-10
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Virtual Network Data Gateway for Power BI
Virtual Network data gateway service provides a secure data source connectivity in a given Azure VNet such as Power BI connection to Azure PaaS data(more...)
2022-02-23 (first published: 2022-02-10)
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Who do you contact before an upgrade? : T-SQL Tuesday #147
I haven’t been blogging as much recently as I’d like and I’m trying to get back into it. One excellent ... Continue reading
2022-02-09
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Who do you contact before an upgrade? : T-SQL Tuesday #147
I haven’t been blogging as much recently as I’d like and I’m trying to get back into it. One excellent ... Continue reading
2022-02-18 (first published: 2022-02-09)
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OLTP Star, Snowflake, and Galaxy Schemas
This is part of a series on my preparation for the DP-900 exam. This is the Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals, part of a number of certification paths. You can...
2022-02-25 (first published: 2022-02-09)
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Blogs
Learn about Modern Microsoft Apps in San Diego
By Steve Jones
I wrote about learning today for the editorial: I Can’t Make You Learn. I...
How To Deploy Fabric SQL and Azure SQL Databases with Azure DevOps
By ReviewMyDB
Fabric has CI/CD built in, but if you've tried to use it for database...
A New Word: Attriage
By Steve Jones
attriage – n. the state of having lost all control over how you feel...
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits II
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits II
I have a SQL Server 2025 database that I want to check for corruption every night. One of the things we do is disable indexes used for ETL loads during the weekend and re-enable them on Monday morning. If we run DBCC over the weekend, are our disabled indexes checked for consistency?
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