Enable Mail Profile – Back to Basics
I’ve seen many people go through the trouble of setting up database mail and configuring SQL Agent Alerts only to...
2019-03-13
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SQLEspresso
How Your Hypervisor Can Impact Your CPU
Recently I had a client complain of chronic high CPU utilization. The performance of their SQL Server had degraded, and...
2019-03-06
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Editorial – Dealing with Ugly Babies
One thing I learned while working as a database administrator over 17 years is the importance of teamwork across departments....
2019-02-27
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Azure Key Vault Logging
Following up from last week’s post on Azure Key Vault in this blog I will show you how to the...
2019-02-20
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Speaking Internationally at SQLBits
I am very excited and lucky to be speaking at my very first international conference, SQLBits. SQLBits, the largest SQL...
2019-02-13
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What is Azure Key Vault?
Keys and secrets (AKA passwords) are an essential part of data protection management not only on-premises, but within the cloud...
2019-02-06
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Azure Advisor
Azure offers a lot of value-added services included with the price of what you pay . One of the things really,...
2019-01-30
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Scheduling things to Run in SQL Server
A key part of the SQL Server Agent is the ability to schedule jobs. While you can create one schedule...
2019-02-08 (first published: 2019-01-23)
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Approximate COUNT DISTINCT
We all have written queries that use COUNT DISTINCT to get the unique number of non-NULL values from a table....
2019-01-15 (first published: 2019-01-03)
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Static Data Masking (SSMS 18.0 Preview)
Ever need to have a test database on hand that you can allow others to query “real like” data without...
2019-01-02 (first published: 2018-12-19)
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Blogs
A New Word: Amoransia
By Steve Jones
amoransia – n. the melodramatic thrill of unrequited love; the longing to pine for...
The Data API Builder Start and Add Extensions in VS Code
By Steve Jones
One of the things that I like about the Data API Builder (DAB) is...
Using OneLake for Excel Files in Microsoft Fabric
By DataOnWheels
Hey data friends! This blog is to discuss an edge case I’ve run into...
Forums
DbDefence - how does work this tool?
How it is implemented? I have installed, tried, it is free for dbs <=30...
Technical Pain Behaviors
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trying to call powershell from TSQL statement
Hello, trying to call a powershell file I created, locally on the server, but...
Question of the Day
Counting Bits
What does the BIT_COUNT function do in SQL Server?
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