Yet another newsletter
I’ve been thinking about starting a newsletter for a while now. I want to focus on summaries and what stood out for me from among the many cool talks...
2023-08-30 (first published: 2023-08-14)
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Decrypting Stored Procedures The Cumbersome Way
I had a client that was struggling with some encrypted stored procedures. They needed to decrypt them, which I know is a pain in the #@$%@#$@#$#@. I had to...
2023-09-04 (first published: 2023-08-14)
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Finding a History of Database Snapshots, Taken and Restored
This is a question that’s come up twice this morning, firstly where can we find a history of database snapshots and secondly where can we find a history of...
2023-08-30 (first published: 2023-08-14)
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Remotely Copy Files To Multiple Destinations Using PowerShell
Remotely Copy Files To Multiple Destinations Using PowerShell
Basic Copy-Item cmdletIf you have used some PowerShell, you are probably familiar with Copy-Item...
2023-08-12
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Remotely Copy Files To Multiple Destinations Using PowerShell
Remotely Copy Files To Multiple Destinations Using PowerShell
Basic Copy-Item cmdletIf you have used some PowerShell, you are probably familiar with Copy-Item...
2023-08-13 (first published: 2023-08-12)
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Friday Flyway Tips: Searching Migrations
When a Flyway Desktop (FWD) project (or Flyway project) has been around for a long time, there can be a lot of migration scripts. That can be a pain...
2023-09-15 (first published: 2023-08-11)
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How to Create a Time Table in Power BI Using DAX
Lately, I’ve been having to create items in Power BI, that I haven’t had to do for a while, this week it was a Time table. Of course, I...
2023-08-28 (first published: 2023-08-11)
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A New Word: Aubadoir
aubadoir – n. the outworldly atmosphere just before 5 am, when the bleary melodrama of an extremely late night becomes awkwardly conflated with the industrious flourescence of a very...
2023-08-11
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Webinar: Unlock the Full Potential of Flyway to Achieve Automated Database Releases
On Aug 22, 2023, I’m co-hosting a webinar with Anderson Rangel, Redgate Solution Engineer in Brisbane. You can register here for the 11am AEST webinar. No, I’m not going...
2023-08-11
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The 2023 Redgate UK DevOps Roadshow
Years ago Redgate did some traveling events under the SQL in the City brand. These were a lot of fun and kind of amazing. One of the longer tours...
2023-08-10
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Blogs
Keeping Track of my ConEmu CLIs
By Steve Jones
I use ConEmu for my terminal interface. I’m still on Windows 10 at home,...
10 Decisions to Make Before You Create A Fabric Workspace
Creating a Fabric workspace takes about 30 seconds. Restructuring workspaces after people have built...
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
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Question of the Day
Adding new column with DEFAULT II
Which number did the two COUNT(*) return:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #tmp CREATE TABLE #tmp (id INT NOT NULL) INSERT INTO #tmp (id) SELECT gs.value FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 5) AS gs ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD my_value INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 1 SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1 ALTER TABLE #tmp DROP CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 2 FOR my_value SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1See possible answers