If your Surface Book loses it’s keyboard and trackpad – try removing KB4074588 update
My Surface Book (gen 1) recently did updates and then a day or so later the keyboard and trackpad mysteriously...
2018-02-24
447 reads
The Hybrid DBA's Blog
Speaking at PASS Summit and why you need to think about submitting….
This post is about the honor and experience of speaking at PASS Summit not once (2016) but twice (2017).
I recently...
2018-01-29
377 reads
Why I am leaving a role/company I loved
This non-technical post is about why I am leaving a technical company after working there for 17 + years.
If you are...
2018-01-07
513 reads
Changing TFS to use HTTPS? — update your agent settings too….
This blog post is about Team Foundation Server (TFS) and is about the situation where you need remember to update...
2017-12-16
516 reads
SSRS won’t bind HTTPS to new certificate — “We are unable to create the certificate binding”
This blog post is around the situation where you have SSRS setup to use HTTPS and thus using a certificate...
2017-12-21 (first published: 2017-12-11)
1,853 reads
How the gym made me a better database bloke…..
A blog post about how many reverse bicep curls or Romanian DeadLiftsI can do…? As Rob Farley (t | b | w)...
2017-10-04
487 reads
SQL Server 2017 — change the tag for your docker images
Firstly:
SQL Server 2017 is now officially released!
I have been using SQL Server 2017 running on Linux for a while now...
2017-10-03
517 reads
Want to know what software is running on the VSTS Hosted Agent? Go here….
This is related to my previous post about installing things on my Private-Hosted agent that I use for my VSTS...
2017-10-02
272 reads
When upgrading a Visual Studio project — you need to upgrade your TFS/VSTS Agent
This post is linked to my post about hosting VSTS private agents . I had recently upgraded my Visual Studio environment...
2017-10-01
497 reads
DevOPs is not just about the latest & greatest tools
I’m a technical guy.
Thus – I love tools. They make stuff go.
Tools are great.
Except – as I wrote in my other post...
2017-08-10 (first published: 2017-07-26)
1,762 reads
Blogs
The Benefits of Teaching
By Brian Kelley
Even preparing for a class or seminar with set materials takes a lot of...
Power BI, Excel, OneLake – Dreams Do Come True!
By DataOnWheels
I can’t believe it’s finally here! A way to have Excel live in OneDrive...
The Book of Redgate: What Our Staff Says
By Steve Jones
This image is from 2010, and it goes along with my last post of...
Forums
Help! MEMORY_ALLOCATION_EXT wait stalls
Hi I have an overnight process that moves allot of claims records Been working...
Unlocking Data Transformation: My journey with dbt (Data Build Tool) on SQL Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Unlocking Data Transformation: My journey...
Putting the Player with the Number
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Putting the Player with the...
Question of the Day
Putting the Player with the Number
In SQL Server 2025, what does this return?
DECLARE @player varchar(20) = 'Bo Nix', @num VARCHAR = '10' SELECT @player || @numSee possible answers