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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The Hybrid DBA's Blog
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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Getting error “unable to parse remote unpack status” when attempting to push to Azure Repo in Azure DevOps
This blog post is about a situation where I went to push my latest local changes to my git repository...
2018-09-27
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Why you should always build an Azure based VM in a Resource Group
This blog post is based on conversations I witnessed between MVPs around commissioning and more importantly de-commissioning virtual machines (VMs)...
2018-09-26
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Blogs
Restore SQL Server Database to an OrbStack Container
In the previous post, we've built a SQL Server 2025 sandbox in an OrbStack...
Day of Data Baton Rouge Slides and Code
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone for attending my talk today at Day of data Baton Rouge...
Using Claude Code as a Database SRE Agent with the Everpure Fusion MCP Server
Here’s the scenario: one of my SQL Server instances migrated to the DR array....
Forums
SQL 2025 SSMS Nonsense
Yeah, I know this is a 2022 forum, but I don't see a 2025...
PowerBI Question - Data Sources
I don't see a PowerBI forum, so I'm posting here. I have a need...
SQL Server Certificates
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SQL Server Certificates
Which of these is not true for certificates used for SQL Server connections?
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