Shutting down nodes in Azure Kubernetes Service
A while back I wrote a post on Adjusting Pod Eviction Timings in Kubernetes. To test the changes made in that post I had to shut down nodes in...
2022-07-04 (first published: 2022-06-24)
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What is causing my constraint to be untrusted?
The problem
In this scenario, you have discovered that one of your Check constraints or Foreign keys is not trusted.
Maybe you’ve detected it with a sp_Blitz, dbachecks or out of...
2022-07-06 (first published: 2022-06-24)
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Daily Coping 23 Jun 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-06-23
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Daily Coping 22 Jun 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-06-22
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Log in to Power BI Desktop as an External (B2B) User
I noticed Adam Saxton post a tip on the Guy in a Cube YouTube channel about publishing reports from Power BI Desktop for external users. According to Microsoft Docs...
2022-07-06 (first published: 2022-06-22)
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Daily Coping 21 June 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-06-21
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What’s next?
As I’m sure a fair number of you already know I was told my position had been eliminated. They are ... Continue reading
2022-06-21
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Scary Scalar Functions - Part One: Parallelism
Foreword
I’m still surprised many people don’t realise how lousy Scalar functions (aka User Defined Functions aka UDFs) are. So because it’s my current focus in work and this Stack...
2022-06-21
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How to Reset the SA Password When Locked Out
Getting locked out of a SQL Server instance can happen due to a number of situations. The most common scenario I’ve encountered is when a SQL Server is moved...
2022-06-21
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Including reference data into a database deployment process or passing lookup tables to Production
(2022-Jun-20) As it takes a village to raise a child, it also takes a team to develop a good SQL Server database project. Previous efforts to maintain manual or custom SQL...
2022-07-13 (first published: 2022-06-20)
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