Dots, Skills, and SQL Clone: A Contest from Redgate
Redgate just launched SQL Clone, a new product that can provision copies of databases in seconds. By copies, I mean...
2017-03-15 (first published: 2017-03-06)
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SQL Clone and a Little Competition
Redgate has released a new product, SQL Clone. I’ve already talked about how excited I am about it. Now, it’s...
2017-03-13 (first published: 2017-03-06)
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Using GROUP BY instead of DISTINCT
Recently, Aaron Bertrand (b/t) posted Performance Surprises and Assumptions : GROUP BY vs. DISTINCT. In it he says he prefers GROUP...
2017-03-06
2,442 reads
SQL Server Fixed Role Permissions
It is very important to understand who has what level of access within the server and databases on that server. Sometimes we see users being granted server or database...
2017-03-06
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SQL Server Fixed Role Permissions
Roles and Permissions
Some of my recent articles have been focused on permissions and security. There is good reason for that – security...
2017-03-15 (first published: 2017-03-06)
3,104 reads
Hands-On Data Analysis With Power BI Desktop at PASS BA Marathon
I’m delighted to announce I’ll give a session at the next PASS BA webinar marathon. The topic of this marathon...
2017-03-06
407 reads
Generating Frequency Table
This week’s blog post is rather simple. One of the main characteristics of a data set involving classes, or discrete...
2017-03-20 (first published: 2017-03-06)
8,483 reads
Quickly Creating Test Users in SQL Server with PowerShell using the sqlserver module and dbatools
One of the most visited posts on my blog is nearly two and half years old now – Add User to...
2017-03-16 (first published: 2017-03-06)
1,733 reads
Monday Coffee 2017-03-06
Last week Docker announced the availablity of Docker Enterprise Edition. The existing version of Docker that I’ve been using has...
2017-03-06
348 reads
The Ebb & Flow of Community Participation
It’s an interesting moment when you discover the SQL community (or any other I suppose). It’s the moment of finding the...
2017-03-05
434 reads
Blogs
New article – migrating from a named instance
By Brian Kelley
Do you have a case where you have a named instance you'd like to...
Cleaning Up My Blog's SEO and AEO with Claude in GitHub Copilot
I’ve been running this blog on Hugo for a long time, and like most...
Using the SIGN() Function: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I was trolling the docs and noticed the SIGN() function. I have never written...
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RegEx Functions I
Which of these RegEx functions need compatibility level 170 in SQL Server 2025?
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