The Phoenix Project: a DBA rises from the ashes
About a year ago, fellow blogger Thomas LaRock recommended the book The Phoenix Project, claiming that “every business leader and...
2014-03-19 (first published: 2014-03-10)
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Two Digit Dates in SQL – MM/DD/YYYY
When creating dates or numbers as strings it is sometimes required to have two digit numbers.
For example, instead of...
2014-03-10
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Two Digit Dates in SQL – MM/DD/YYYY
When creating dates or numbers as strings it is sometimes required to have two digit numbers.
For example, instead of this:...
2014-03-10
1,208 reads
PowerShell, help me to publish my SSRS reports to SharePoint!
Every time when I heard the word 'PowerShell' it was just like a call to Terra Incognito, you know nothing...
2014-03-18 (first published: 2014-03-09)
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Doing it with the EzAPI
In my last post, I attempted to write a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Package programmatically.
I used the API that...
2014-03-09
4,645 reads
5 Things a developer should know about databases
Database Normalization
Theoretical versus real-world
There is not a strong need for developers to know the theoretical definition of 1st thru 5th...
2014-03-17 (first published: 2014-03-09)
6,591 reads
VMware Certification Changes
The last twelve months in my certification world have been rather odd. First, Microsoft has terminated their Microsoft Certified SQL...
2014-03-09
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Auditing VMware vCenter Actions (on SQL Server)
When you’ve got a SIEM appliance or application, you want actions and events going into it as a central repository....
2014-03-07
1,365 reads
Reblog: February 28 to March 6
Photo credit – Husso
I’ve always been a fan of the feeling when I find an old blog post that’s got just...
2014-03-07
859 reads
Speaker of the Month, March 2014
This never gets easier. I was able to attend a bunch of sessions in the last month from a number...
2014-03-07
877 reads
Blogs
T-SQLTuesday 204: Are blogs still relevant?
This month’s blogging party is hosted by Jeff Ianucci – his challenge is to...
Are Blogs Still Relevant? I Think They Still Are.
As for me, I'll keep writing whenever time permits. I don't expect every post...
Reading Blogs: T-SQL Tuesday #204
By Steve Jones
This is an interesting invitation this month. Jeff Ianucci is a new host, and...
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Switching Schemas I
I run this query:
SELECT s.name AS schemaname , o.name AS objectname FROM sys.objects o INNER JOIN sys.schemas s ON s.schema_id = o.schema_id WHERE o.name = 'Beer'I get one row back for an object named dbo.beer. There is an ETL schema and both of these are nonpartitioned tables. I run this code:
ALTER TABLE dbo.beer switch TO etl.beerWhat happens? See possible answers