I love going to SQLSaturday events because I’m always asked questions that make me think. I was just at SQLSaturday Indianapolis (a great event, if you weren’t there, you...
2019-09-09 (first published: 2019-08-19)
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It’s a running joke among the more experienced (read, older) Microsoft Data Platform specialists as to whether you’re #teamprofiler or #teamexevents. I’m very much #teamexevents, but I really don’t...
2019-08-28 (first published: 2019-08-19)
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I’m pleased as punch to be able to share with you the fact that I helped Tracy Boggiano write a whole new book on Query Store. It will be...
2019-08-12
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In just a couple of weeks, I’ll be presenting an all day session on DevOps for databases. It takes place on Friday, August 30th. You can click here now...
2019-08-07
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The more you work with containers, the more you just want to work with containers. However, there are still reasons to have a virtual machine for some types of...
2019-08-15 (first published: 2019-08-05)
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There is literally nothing I like better than working on automation. Before we had all the cool toys that we have now, I was working on automating database deployments....
2019-08-01
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I’ve said it before and I will repeat myself on this because it’s an important concept: DevOps is about culture and communication, not tools Now, that said, to implement...
2019-07-29
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I’ve always said if you’re running a script for the first time in a production environment, you’re doing it wrong. Testing is fundamental to technology, yet it is one...
2019-07-22
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In preparation for my upcoming DevOps training days (see the bottom of this post for details) and for some articles I’m working on, I’ve been building all new automation...
2019-08-02 (first published: 2019-07-15)
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In order to take advantage of R and Python (and Java in SQL Server 2019) directly from your SQL Server scripts, you’ll be using the function sp_execute_external_script. When you...
2019-07-23 (first published: 2019-07-08)
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By SQLPals
SQL Server instance metadata inventory with PowerShell and SMO The purpose...
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By Arun Sirpal
Every Claude conversation has a context window. It is the total amount of text...
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Which types of currency does the money data type represent?
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