Upcoming speaking events
Back in March I did my first “feature length” presentation at SQL Saturday Iceland
At that point I’d done a few...
2017-09-04
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The DBA Who Came In From The Cold
Friday Reading 2017-09-01
Going to be a busy few weeks as conference season gets into full swing. Really looking forward to the next...
2017-09-01
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Running SQL Server in Kubernetes on Azure Container Services
I’ve been meaning to get to grips with Kubernetes for a while now but I have to admit, I was...
2017-08-30
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Monday Coffee: Follow the instructions
Last week I was working on an upgrade and ran into a few issues. Whilst waiting for the company’s support...
2017-08-28
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Friday Reading 2017-08-25
Great week this week as I’ve been selected to speak at 4 of the SQL Relay events in October! Really...
2017-08-25
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Monday Coffee: Posting error messages
I posted a couple of messages on twitter over the weekend giving any new bloggers advice that was given to...
2017-08-21
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Query Store functionality in earlier versions of SQL Server
One of the best features introduced in SQL Server 2016 was the Query Store. Having the ability to see which...
2017-08-19
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Friday Reading 2017-08-18
Cool week, I’ve been selected to present at SQL Saturday Holland & SQL Saturday Denmark this year. September and October are...
2017-08-18
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Attaching databases via a dockerfile
Last week I presented my session on SQL Server & Containers for the PASS Virtualization Group and during my prep I...
2017-08-28 (first published: 2017-08-16)
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Monday Coffee: Time Off
Nice to be back after a week off. I’ve been writing three posts a week (sometimes more) since the beginning...
2017-08-14
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Blogs
Fabric as a Data Mesh Enabler: Rethinking Enterprise Data Distribution
By Chris Yates
For decades, enterprises have approached data management with the same mindset as someone stuffing...
Truncate Table Pitfalls
Truncate Table Pitfalls Truncating a table can be gloriously fast—and spectacularly dangerous when used carelessly....
dataMinds Connect 2025 – Slides & Scripts
You can find all the session materials for the presentation “Indexing for Dummies” that...
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DBCC CHECKIDENT
What is returned as a result set when I run this command without a new seed value?
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