Don’t Forget To Take Break
So many times we get sucked into a rabbit whole when fixing/troubleshooting things we forget to take a break. More...
2019-01-23
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The Heart of DevOps Webinar
One of the things that I think about DevOps is that it’s really hard to focus on the hard things...
2019-01-23
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State vs Migration for Database Source Control – decide based on one question
One controversial topic in database development is how to properly store and deploy database changes. This is generally described as choosing between two options, which are approximately as easy...
2019-01-23
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How does the buffer pool work?
Today we’ll begin taking a look at the buffer pool in SQL Server and how it’s normally used. Before we...
2019-01-23
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What’s the one thing you must do to win the trust of customers?
We’re all spending much more time in the digital world. Ecommerce continues to grow in popularity and we all benefit from the convenience of booking holidays and paying bills...
2019-01-23
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What’s the one thing you must do to win the trust of customers?
We’re all spending much more time in the digital world. Ecommerce continues to grow in popularity and we all benefit...
2019-01-23
205 reads
All Day, Training Day at SQLBits
It’s a somewhat late addition, but I have an all-day Training Day at SQLBits. It takes place on Thursday, February...
2019-01-23
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Rotating Expired SQL Server TDE Certificates
In general, SQL Server TDE certificates will expire at some point. In SQL Server, if we have setup TDE using...
2019-02-08 (first published: 2019-01-23)
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SQL Server Always On Read Only Routing Lists
With the release of SQL Server Always on came the ability to query replica’s and offload read only requests. This...
2019-02-12 (first published: 2019-01-23)
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What’s a differential backup?
Of the different basic types of backups (full, differential and log) I find the differential the most interesting, and frequently...
2019-02-12 (first published: 2019-01-23)
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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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