Requesting Comments on the SQLOrlando Operations Manual
For the past couple weeks I’ve been trying to capture a lot of ideas about how and what and why we do things in Orlando and put them into...
2020-12-02
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Ignoring Comments in SQL Compare
Recently I had a client that wanted to know how they could use SQL Compare to catch actual changes in their code, but not have comments show up as...
2020-12-14 (first published: 2020-12-02)
222 reads
PASS SQLSaturday’s I will be speaking at
I will be speaking at two upcoming PASS SQLSaturday’s. These are free events that you can attend virtually: Azure Synapse Analytics: A Data Lakehouse 12/5/20, 1:10pm EST, PASS SQL...
2020-12-02
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T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #006: What about blob?
I am revisiting old T-SQL Tuesday invitations from the very beginning of the project. On May 3, 2010, Michael Coles invited us to write about how we use LOB...
2020-12-02
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Daily Coping 2 Dec 2020
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...
2020-12-02
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SQL Database Corruption, how to investigate root cause?
Introduction:
In this article, we will discuss the MS SQL Server database corruption.
So, first, we need to understand what the cause of corruption is. Usually, in all the scenarios of...
2020-12-02
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SQL Database Corruption, how to investigate root cause?
Introduction:
In this article, we will discuss the MS SQL Server database corruption.
So, first, we need to understand what the cause of corruption is. Usually, in all the scenarios of...
2020-12-02
225 reads
New-DbatoolsQuestion | Invoke-DbatoolsDiscussion -Platform Github
Chrissy LeMaire (blog | twitter) pinged me earlier this week to tell me about Github Discussions. It’s a new feature of Github which is similar to Stack Exchange, but...
2020-12-02
10 reads
Would You Pass the SQL Server Certifications Please? What Do You Mean We're Out?
I have held various certifications through my DBA career, from CompTIA A+ certification back when I worked help desk (I'm old) through the various MCxx that Microsoft has offered...
2020-12-10 (first published: 2020-12-01)
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PASS Summit 2020 Mental Health Presentation Eval Comments
I first starting presenting on mental health last December in Charlotte, NC on mental health. I got some backlash at a couple of events for a few people on...
2020-12-01
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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...
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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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