Connecting to SSAS–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. In a previous post, I installed SSAS on...
2020-05-20
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An insidious form of SQL injection
As longtime readers know, I am also a software developer (we can’t call them engineers in Canada for legal reasons). I took over a complex codebase last year in...
2020-05-20
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Daily Coping 20 May 2020
I’ve 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...
2020-05-20
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Connecting to Azure SQL Database: Requested tenant identifier ‘00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000’ is not valid.
The other day I got this rather interesting error while connecting to an Azure SQL DB. I was connecting using ... Continue reading
2020-05-20
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JSON, SQL Server and Esacpe Characters of the non-printable kind
G’day, We observed in a previous installment that JSON uses the backslash character “” as the escape character. However, what happens if we actually want a backslash in our...
2020-05-20
159 reads
Refresh databases that belongs to Availability Group using dbatools
Few days ago I was surfing on Twitter when dbatools asked about how it’s PowerShell module changed the way people work. We're looking to highlight how dbatools has changed...
2020-06-03 (first published: 2020-05-20)
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These five SQL tools are essential for 2020 – a MinionWare snippet
You’re going to need some solid SQL tools. Here are the five absolutely essential tools for SQL Server shops, as agreed on by the MinionWare team.
The post These five...
2020-05-19
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These five SQL tools are essential for 2020 – a MinionWare snippet
You’re going to need some solid SQL tools. Here are the five absolutely essential tools for SQL Server shops, as agreed on by the MinionWare team.
The post These five...
2020-05-19
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SQL Source Control Link Errors on a New Machine
I replaced my desktop recently and installed new software through Chocolatey.. One of the things I installed was git. I ran “choco install git” and then started using it....
2020-05-19
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Create Virtual Machine in Hyper-V and Step by Step Windows Server 2016 Installation
[MSSQLFUN & Decote ITeS becomes a family of 1400 individuals across the globe. Please join us on Facebook & YouTube.] Today, We will go through “How to create a...
2020-05-19
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Blogs
Don’t Fear the Technology
By Brian Kelley
The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to...
Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG
The STIG is detailed, which is a good thing, but I found myself wanting...
Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
By Steve Jones
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
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If I run the REGEXP_LIKE() function, does it match values in a case-sensitive fashion, or a case-insensitive fashion by default.
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