Azure SQL Database sa Connections?
I was using a query on one of my local SQL Servers where I wanted to know what logins were...
2018-02-07
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Expanding My Reach
I am so thrilled to have the opportunity to expand my writing with my first Simple-Talk article posted. Simple- Talk is technical journal and...
2018-02-07
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SQL Server in Kubernetes on Docker for Windows
Last week Docker announced a feature that I’ve been looking forward to for a while: –
And sure enough, when I...
2018-02-07
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Scale-out SSRS (a brain dump)
So, I just got finished with a SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) scale-out deployment, based largely on this step-by-step guide. Things mostly went...
2018-02-06
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SQL Server – Internals of sp_spaceused
This article is an effort to dissect the output of the sp_spaceused stored procedure.
Introduction
Understanding the database usage internals and the growth trends...
2018-02-06
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Power BI Screen Reader Accessibility
I recently wrote a post on the BlueGranite blog called Improving Screen Reader Accessibility in Power BI Reports. It contains...
2018-02-13 (first published: 2018-02-06)
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tSQLt Course
In the last half of 2017, I decided to run a tSQLt course and went down the route of putting...
2018-02-16 (first published: 2018-02-06)
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tSQLt Course
In the last half of 2017, I decided to run a tSQLt course and went down the route of putting together a free 12-week email course. The intention was...
2018-02-06
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tSQLt Course
In the last half of 2017, I decided to run a tSQLt course and went down the route of putting...
2018-02-06
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tSQLt Course
In the last half of 2017, I decided to run a tSQLt course and went down the route of putting...
2018-02-06
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I recently started playing with the MCP Server for SQL Server, which is a...
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BIT_COUNT() V
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