EightKB 2024
EightKB is back! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is back in 2024…it’s all happening on August the 8th! We’ve open our call for speakers, you can submit...
2024-03-01 (first published: 2024-02-21)
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EightKB is back! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is back in 2024…it’s all happening on August the 8th! We’ve open our call for speakers, you can submit...
2024-03-01 (first published: 2024-02-21)
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In the latest version of Docker Desktop a new command has been included call docker debug. Now this is only available with a Pro Docker licence but it’s an...
2024-02-12 (first published: 2024-01-30)
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To build a custom Docker image we create a docker file with instructions in it. For example, a really simple custom SQL Server 2019 Docker image can be built...
2024-01-19 (first published: 2024-01-05)
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When I first started working with SQL on Linux one of the first things I did was to remove the default the [BUILTINAdministrators] login. This is pretty much standard...
2023-12-27 (first published: 2023-12-15)
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This Thursday, November 30th, is the next VMUG Ireland event…our end of year social meetup! We’re going to be down in BrewDog Dublin: – THREE LOCKS SQUARE, 4, DUBLIN...
2023-11-27
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In my last couple of blog posts (here and here) I talked about how to get SQL Server running in Docker Swarm. But there is one big (and show-stopping)...
2023-09-15 (first published: 2023-08-23)
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In a previous post I went through how to run SQL Server in Docker Swarm and in this post I want to continue delving into the Docker Swarm platform...
2023-08-23 (first published: 2023-08-02)
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I haven’t touched Docker Swarm for a looooong time but I was asked about running SQL Server in Swarm at a conference a while back…so here’s how it can...
2023-08-14 (first published: 2023-07-26)
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One of the options that I completely missed with the new go-sqlcmd CLI tool is the ability to spin up a container running SQL Server. Let’s have a look...
2023-06-02 (first published: 2023-05-19)
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The second VMUG Ireland event of the year is taking place on the 15th of June in Belfast! When: Thursday 15th of June @ 2pm until 5pm Where: Ormeau...
2023-05-16
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By Steve Jones
apolytus– n. the moment you realize you are changing as a person, finally outgrowing...
If you've ever wrestled with complex SQL code, you know the drill. Hours spent...
Today I was having a nice discussion with some colleagues about Fabric and pricing/licensing...
hi guys, I have a partitioned table AM_ITM_INSTNC_MSS and I want to get...
This is one I haven't seen before. I'm trying to drop a database user...
I have a PowerShell script that I use to automate the backup of Analysis...
Our environment runs using SQL Server Standard. We are implementing Availability groups. Our database has been experiencing high read volumes, so I want to let the application read the Synchronized Secondary replica, as I read that HADR does this. Can we implement this?
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