Friday Reading 2017-06-23
The weather has been absolutely boiling here in Dublin all week, I’m dying for a cold beer! Anyway, whilst drinking...
2017-06-23
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The DBA Who Came In From The Cold
Persisting data in docker containers – Part One
Normally when I work with SQL instances within containers I treat them as throw-away objects. Any modifications that I make...
2017-06-29 (first published: 2017-06-21)
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Monday Coffee: SQL Saturday Dublin
Last weekend was SQL Saturday Dublin, and it was a good one.
My session on An introduction to SQL Server & Containers...
2017-06-19
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Friday Reading 2017-06-16
Been looking forward to this weekend for a while now as it’s SQLSaturday Dublin tomorrow. I did a lightening talk...
2017-06-16
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Changing default location for docker containers
A question that regularly comes up when I talk about containers is, “can you specify where the containers/images live on...
2017-06-22 (first published: 2017-06-14)
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GroupBy Conference – SQL Server & Containers
Morning all, busy week last week as I was lucky enough to have my session on SQL Server & Containers in...
2017-06-12
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Friday Reading 2017-06-09
Exciting day today as I’m presenting my first webinar on SQL Server & Containers in the GroupBy June conference! There’s a...
2017-06-09
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Identifying failed queries with extended events
Back to some core SQL this week and one of my favourite features, extended events.
Introduced in SQL Server 2008...
2017-06-07
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Monday Coffee – Lab Environments
Having a lab environment is an absolute must for any IT professional. You need somewhere that you can test out...
2017-06-05
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Friday Reading 2017-06-02
The weather in Dublin has reverted to type (aka rain) but hopefully we’ll get some sun this weekend! This week...
2017-06-02
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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
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