Power BI in SSRS – T-SQL Tuesday
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly event where SQL Server bloggers write a post based on a subject chosen by the...
2017-02-21 (first published: 2017-02-14)
6,951 reads
The Database Avenger
GitLab for SQL Server Projects
This is the seventh part in the series: SQL Server and Continuous Integration. This post demonstrates the use of GitLab to build...
2017-02-06 (first published: 2017-02-02)
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Forcing Parallelism – T-SQL Tuesday
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly event where SQL Server bloggers write a post based on a subject chosen by the...
2017-01-09
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ReadyRoll Development
This is the sixth part in the series: SQL Server and Continuous Integration. This post will illustrate the power of ReadyRoll when...
2017-01-03 (first published: 2016-12-23)
1,286 reads
Restoring a SQL Server backup on Linux
Last Wednesday I got very excited by Microsoft’s announcements about the addition of features to standard edition and the public preview...
2016-11-23
916 reads
SQL Server on Ubuntu
They finally did it! Finally SQL Server for Linux was announced. I’ve been waiting for this for quite a while, so...
2016-11-16
1,089 reads
Starting a ReadyRoll Project
This is part 5 in the series named SQL Server and Continuous Integration. This post will cover the steps I follow...
2016-10-26
1,210 reads
ReadyRoll for Database Deployments
This is the 4th post in the series named SQL Server and Continuous Integration. The first 3 posts covered the need...
2016-10-03 (first published: 2016-09-21)
1,348 reads
The Non-Replicated Backup Mystery
I recently configured a backup job to run on the principal server of a mirrored pair. The idea was to backup...
2016-09-08 (first published: 2016-09-05)
2,112 reads
Visual Studio Basics for use with ReadyRoll
This is the 3rd post in the series: SQL Server and Continuous Integration. This time I’ll cover the prerequisites of using ReadyRoll...
2016-08-16
789 reads
Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
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Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB
Hi, I have a SQL Server instance where users connect to via Windows Authentication,...
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Question of the Day
Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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