I found myself in a situation where I needed to modify temporal tables. We do this outside business hours because we don’t want clients changing data while versioning is...
2023-09-06 (first published: 2023-09-05)
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This month I prompted bloggers to talk about what database job titles mean to them. Thank you to all who posted on this topic! Don’t worry; if you still...
2023-08-16 (first published: 2023-08-15)
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First, thank you to Guy in a Cube for a great licensing/cost video. My company is exploring what data warehousing technology to use in Azure. I needed to learn...
2023-07-19 (first published: 2023-07-10)
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Restoring a SQL Server backup in a Docker container is quite easy. To begin with, you will need persistent storage on your Docker container to follow this blog post....
2023-07-12 (first published: 2023-06-29)
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This all started because I wanted to follow Tracy’s directions on setting up Ola for index maintenance in Runbooks. I couldn’t set up the automation account permissions unless I...
2023-07-03 (first published: 2023-06-15)
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Information security and privacy are key in today’s data-driven world. Sensitive data needs to be protected from unauthorized access. With column masking in SQL Server and Azure SQL, you...
2023-06-16 (first published: 2023-06-01)
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This is an easy way to retain the data and settings you create and change on your SQL Server Docker instance. There’s a lot of talk about attaching databases...
2023-05-31 (first published: 2023-05-15)
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Database maintenance is crucial for the health and performance of any database system, including those in Azure. Without regular maintenance, databases can become slow, unstable, and prone to crashes...
2023-06-07 (first published: 2023-05-08)
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