Backup Your On Premise SQL Server Directly to an AWS S3 Bucket
I’ve been having a little play around with AWS recently and was looking at S3 (AWS’ cloud storage) when I...
2018-06-18
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How Often Should I Backup my Database - Query Answered
"In recent time, some of our counterpart organizations have faced database corruption. Though our company takes backup every week, we have decided to become more careful. I would like...
2018-06-18
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How Often Should I Backup my Database - Query Answered
"In recent time, some of our counterpart organizations have faced database corruption. Though our company takes backup every week, we...
2018-06-18
2,900 reads
Misleading errors: “Server is configured for Windows authentication only.” But it’s not!
In general, the errors SQL gives are highly useful. Of course every now and again you get one that’s just...
2018-06-18
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Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 108 – PowerApps)
In this module you will learn how to use the PowerApps Custom Visual. The PowerApps visual allows you to embed...
2018-06-18
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Query Store Usage and Adaptive Plan Tuning Usage
Recently, there are have been a few articles about the lack of adoption of Query Store. Note the following:
Brent Ozar...
2018-06-17
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Query Store Usage and Adaptive Plan Tuning Usage
Recently, there are have been a few articles about the lack of adoption of Query Store. Note the following:
Brent Ozar...
2018-06-28 (first published: 2018-06-17)
2,346 reads
New blogger: Jamie Wick
New SQL blogger
Jamie at the 45th Parallel (South) – New Zealand
This post is just a quick shout-out. My friend and co-leader...
2018-06-15
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File Growth Rate – The GUI Lies
If you are like me, you use the SSMS GUI for various things. Though, I tend to use scripts for...
2018-06-27 (first published: 2018-06-15)
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How to Read BLOB data in SQLite in an Efficient Way
SQLite is one of the most commonly used database engine. Its source code is available in public domain which can be used for commercial or private purpose. Common data...
2018-06-15
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Blogs
How I Built RAG for My Accounting App on Bedrock and pgvector
The first version of my accounting assistant could not find a single purchase of...
Why AI isn’t paying off yet, and what to invest in first
Why isn’t AI paying off yet? Drawing on lessons from digital transformation, Joyful Craftsmen...
Flyway Tips: Analytics Platforms (Snowflake and Databricks)
By Steve Jones
I’m really excited about some growth in Flyway support. I’ve been asking about this...
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Table Partitioning in SQL Server: A Practical Guide to Managing Very Large Tables (VLDBs)
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Question of the Day
Too Many Choices
I have a table, dbo.MasterBrands, with this data:
BrandID OfficialName 1 Samsung 2 Apple 3 Microsoft 4 Adidas 5 Coca-ColaI run this query. What is returned for Coca-Cola?
SELECT CHOOSE(BrandID, 'Conglomerate', 'Tech and Design', 'Desktop', 'Apparel') FROM dbo.MasterBrands;See possible answers