Oh Query, Query, Query
I thought I would post this a bit early so everyone can memorize the words before Hanukka starts next week.
I...
2018-12-18 (first published: 2018-11-28)
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Early Bird SQL Bits Pricing
You can register today and save for the next few days. It’s only £799 for the full SQL Bits 2019...
2018-11-28
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Gathering all the Logs and Running the Availability Group Failover Detection Utility with PowerShell
30/11/2018 – Function has been updated to deal with named instances.
Last week the Tiger Team released their Availability Group Failover Detection...
2018-12-17 (first published: 2018-11-28)
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PASS Summit 2018 - A Lesson in Personal Branding
Last year at PASS Summit 2017, I heard a number of comments related to people not recognizing me without the hat in my social media photo/avatar. The linked post...
2018-11-28
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Midlands PASS Meetings for January and February 2019
Midlands PASS won’t be holding a meeting in December. Too much going on! However, we are hosting meetings in January...
2018-11-27
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Should I load structured data into my data lake?
With data lakes becoming very popular, a common question I have been hearing often from customers is, “Should I load structured/relational data into my data lake?”. I talked about...
2018-11-27
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Should I load structured data into my data lake?
With data lakes becoming very popular, a common question I have been hearing often from customers is, “Should I load...
2018-11-27
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Why You Should Take the ‘State of Database DevOps Survey’ Today (even if you don’t do DevOps)
Update: The survey is now closed, thanks folks! When I began working with databases, nobody talked about DevOps. It was a few years before I heard the words ‘Agile’...
2018-11-27
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Auditing when Database Files Change
As a Database Administrator, something that should be part of your database audit is monitoring the growth of files. That means tracking when the log file grows and tracking...
2018-11-27
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Auditing when Database Files Change
As a Database Administrator, something that should be part of your database audit is monitoring the growth of files. That...
2018-11-27
557 reads
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Checking the Error Log II
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