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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The DBA Who Came In From The Cold
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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Parsing Docker Commands
Bit of a powershell themed post this week as I haven’t had that much time to research so this one...
2017-06-13 (first published: 2017-05-31)
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Monday Coffee 2017-05-29
I’ve always said that this blog is my way of giving back to the SQL Server community but there is...
2017-05-29
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Friday Reading 2017-05-26
The weather in Dublin is absolutely gorgeous at the moment so I’m not planning on spending much time inside this...
2017-05-26
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Blogs
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
EightKB 2026
EightKB is back again for 2026! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is...
The FinOps Lifecycle: From Budgeting to Reporting
By HeyMo0sh
Working in DevOps long enough teaches you two universal truths: That’s exactly why I...
Forums
query to track time spent on individual tasks in SSIS
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SQL Server Transactional Replication from Always On Availability Groups to Azure SQL Database
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Hidden Heroes
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences I
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which are explicitly linked to increment a number in a table when a new row is added?
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