Webcast: Data Modeling Scenarios and Best Practices
On January 17, 2019, I will be giving a webcast with MSSQLTips on data modeling best practices. It’s scheduled for...
2018-12-28
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Testing SQL in the Advent of Code
I like participating in the Advent of Code each year, though my participation often varies wildly as life gets in...
2019-01-09 (first published: 2018-12-28)
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Azure – Creating a storage account
Azure offers a lot of features that enable IT professionals to really enhance their environment. One feature that I really...
2019-01-08 (first published: 2018-12-28)
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SQL Servers Black Box Recorder – Def Trace
Very much like what you may find with the airline industry, the black box recorder in SQL Server is not just a single method (device) implemented to capture all of...
2018-12-28
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SQL Servers Black Box Recorder – Def Trace
Across many professions and industries there is often a need to have some sort of device that “audits” everything that...
2018-12-28
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Prevent Full Script Execution (Understanding and Using PARSEONLY and NOEXEC)
(last updated: 2019-01-08 @ 13:53 EST / 2019-01-08 @ 18:53 UTC )
There are times when I am working on a SQL script that...
2019-01-08 (first published: 2018-12-28)
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Data Warehousing Tip #2 – What your data warehouse should be
I’ve seen data warehouses that nobody trusts, or are just too complex for end users to report on. Users will...
2018-12-28
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Automation to list all TCP static and dynamic ports of SQL Server instances using PowerShell
I was asked by the reader on how to get all the port information of SQL Servers instances. As you...
2018-12-27
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My SQL Server Travels in 2018
It’s the end of the year, and I’m looking back at the events and travels I’ve had this year. I...
2018-12-27
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Watch: The Best of 2018 and Predictions for 2019 (video)
I recently got together with fellow Microsoft Data Platform MVPs Steve Jones, Kathi Kellenberger and Grant Fritchey to discuss the highlights of innovations we’ve seen in 2018 and predictions...
2018-12-27
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Blogs
Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG
The STIG is detailed, which is a good thing, but I found myself wanting...
Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
By Steve Jones
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
To refer and to be referred
Referrals have never been more important in the job market. They’re no longer nice...
Forums
Querying Multiple Tables for the Same Information
I have about 100 Tables that are all suffixed with _Modify. These tables record...
Make It Routine
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Finding Gaps in Sequential Data Using SQL Server
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Question of the Day
Negative and Positive Numbers
If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?
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