Authentication considerations for your applications when migrating to Azure SQL Managed Instances
This blog post is related to my previous blog post on Azure SQL Managed Instances:
Azure SQL Managed Instance – full blown...
2019-01-29
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The Hybrid DBA's Blog
Azure SQL Managed Instance – full blown SQL Server in the cloud….?
This blog post is one that I have had percolating in the background since around November 2018.
My good mate John...
2019-01-29
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Some of my goals for 2019
In late December 2018 I had a discussion with Amanda Martin the PASS Community Manager around things that I would...
2019-01-03
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Adding a database running in a docker container to SQLTest
in my previous post I wrote about how easy it is to add the tSQLt unit test framework to your...
2018-12-29
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How to use tSQLt unit test framework with a SQL Server database in a docker container
This blog post describes how to add the tSQLt unit testing framework to a database running in a docker container....
2018-12-29
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How to install the tSQLt unit test framework to start unit testing your database code
This blog post describes how easy it is to install the tSQLt framework.
Don’t know much about tSQLt? If you are...
2018-12-29
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SQL Server services will not start automatically after server reboots
This blog post is about a situation where after windows patching the SQL Server service and SQL Server Agent services...
2018-12-17
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Setting up CentOS to run docker for SQL Server
This blog post is about running SQL Server in a docker container on CentOS Linux distribution.
This was both an experiment...
2018-12-13
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This is a company that practises what they preach
How good is a company at engaging with their user base? Obviously when things are going great then it’s wins...
2018-10-22
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Connecting to SQL Server 2017 using Visual Studio 2017 and getting “An incompatible SQL Server version detected”
This blog post details the error you may get when using Visual Studio 2017 and you get errors that you...
2018-10-24 (first published: 2018-10-13)
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The String Distance I
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The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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