Why You Need A Test Environment
In 2017, there’s no excuse not to have at least a testing environment, and preferably a development environment as well,...
2017-06-21
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Combating SQL Injection
Target. Home Depot. NASA. U.S. Army. Anthem. Wall Street Journal. MarketWired. Ashley Madison. What do they all have in common?...
2017-06-21
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Working on my Microsoft Professional Program for Data Science
Microsoft announced a new program last year to help you understand the skills that a Data Scientist needs in their...
2017-06-21
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Azure DevTest Labs
I have been working at Microsoft now for 3 years and 4 months (side note: it’s by far the best...
2017-06-21
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9003 is a Scary Number
My last post talked about 9002 errors and how they *might* be corruption.
Recently I moved up to the next consecutive...
2017-06-21
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Dynamically generate the command line DMA statement for each database
If you are upgrading your instance to 2016 (or 2017 soon) then you probably are going to want to run...
2017-06-21
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Back at SQL Saturday Louisville and Indy
Two years running, I will be presenting at SQL Saturday Indy and SQL Saturday Louisville this year again! Come see my SQL Server 2017 (Linux and Beyond) and Stretch...
2017-06-21
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Using OPENROWSET in SQL Server on Linux
I wanted to import the million song dataset in SQL Server on Linux. There’s a github repo that has the...
2017-06-30 (first published: 2017-06-21)
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Persisting data in docker containers – Part One
Normally when I work with SQL instances within containers I treat them as throw-away objects. Any modifications that I make...
2017-06-29 (first published: 2017-06-21)
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Registrant Job Title Data from SQLSaturday Baton Rouge events 2014-2016
In a blog post on the Sparkhound website, I laid out the strong case for a sponsor's Return on Investment...
2017-06-29 (first published: 2017-06-21)
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Blogs
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Forums
SQL Server Automated Backup & SAN Replication Solution
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Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
Hi everyone, I'm hoping some of the longtime SQL Server professionals here might be...
Checking the Error Log II
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Checking the Error Log II
What is the reason I should change my old code that uses xp_readerrorlog?
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