What I learned from “The boy who cried wolf”
I was thinking about the story The boy who cried wolf earlier today and realized that it has some lessons ... Continue reading
2020-06-12 (first published: 2020-05-28)
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SQLStudies
Use session_context to create a “variable” that lasts between batches.
The other day I had a brief conversation with Itzik Ben-Gan (about|twitter) on twitter and I have to tell you ... Continue reading
2020-05-26
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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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Negative (-) is an operator and will affect the order of operations.
An interesting question came to my attention the other day. A strange operation problem in SQL Server: -100/-100*10 = 0 ... Continue reading
2020-05-18
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Running Azure from my android phone
The other day I had a random thought. I wonder if there is a version of Azure Portal for Android. ... Continue reading
2020-05-13
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Explain CROSS APPLY like I’m 5.
A good friend of mine (Randolph West (blog|twitter) asked that someone Explain CROSS APPLY like they are 5. So, here’s ... Continue reading
2020-05-25 (first published: 2020-05-11)
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Could not obtain information about Windows NT group/user
This is an interesting error that you’ll occasionally get when accessing an AD/Windows ID. Msg 15404, Level 16, State 11, ... Continue reading
2020-05-06
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SQL Homework – May 2020 – Forum Lurking.
A few months ago I suggested writing blog post(s) as a great way to learn and document your progress (among ... Continue reading
2020-05-04
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Call to action: What do you own?
You restored that database, did you remember to change the owner or is it still you? How about that job ... Continue reading
2020-04-29
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What is (local)?
When connecting to a SQL Server instance sometimes you’ll see (local), localhost or even just a single period (hard to ... Continue reading
2020-05-12 (first published: 2020-04-27)
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Blogs
Audit – Security Compliance Frameworks (Part 1)
By Vinay Thakur
This blog series on Audit/Compliance/Security, this is first blog where we would discuss about...
Restore SQL Server Database to an OrbStack Container
In the previous post, we've built a SQL Server 2025 sandbox in an OrbStack...
Day of Data Baton Rouge Slides and Code
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone for attending my talk today at Day of data Baton Rouge...
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Limiting Checkpoints
If I use the -k parameter with a number after it, what does this change in SQL Server?
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