Containers: Getting an Image
I’m working with Docker running on Windows or Linux. There are other ways to do this, but Docker seems to be a pretty strong standard. I’ll leave it to...
2019-05-21
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I’m working with Docker running on Windows or Linux. There are other ways to do this, but Docker seems to be a pretty strong standard. I’ll leave it to...
2019-05-21
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I find that I’m using containers more and more to get things done with SQL Server. They’re so easy to set up for testing, spin ’em up, do stuff,...
2019-05-20
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I spend a lot of time showing how to use tools to automate database deployments in support of DevOps. However, the one message that I always try to deliver...
2019-05-24 (first published: 2019-05-13)
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This weekend I was in Stockholm in Sweden, talking Query Store and plan forcing with Steinar Anderson, when he mentioned the problems he had while forcing plans that had...
2019-05-06
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One part of my job is to understand the compliance landscape. This means that I read a lot about the GDPR and related similar laws. I also have to...
2019-05-03 (first published: 2019-04-22)
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The OUTER JOIN returns one complete set of data and then the matching values from the other set. The syntax is basically the same as INNER JOIN but you...
2019-04-25 (first published: 2019-04-15)
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I’m starting the process of learning how to use Jupyter Notebooks. Notebooks are documents that contain live code, commentary, results, pictures and more. Jupyter Notebooks are used for presentations,...
2019-04-08
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I was inspired by Jen McCown’s story here. Read that first. It’s WAY better than mine. This is not an April Fools post. Fools are involved, but none were...
2019-04-01
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I love the questions I get when presenting: Can You Force a Parallel Plan in Query Store. I haven’t a clue. The trick I think is going to be...
2019-03-25
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You absolutely need to know about the servers you have under management in your estate. You need to know about...
2019-03-19
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By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone that attended my sessions at VS Live San Diego yesterday. It...
By Steve Jones
I was creating a question on sp_readerrorlog and realized that this procedure is different...
By SQLPals
Why sys.fn_dblog Is Undocumented And Why It's Still There Why sys.fn_dblog...
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I run this code on SQL Server 2022.
CREATE TABLE Drink
(
drinkid INT NOT NULL
CONSTRAINT DrinkPK PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,
drinkname VARCHAR(20),
rating NUMERIC(2, 1)
)
GO
INSERT INTO Drink
(
drinkid,
drinkname,
rating
)
VALUES
(1, 'Margarita', 4.5),
(2, 'Mojito', 4.3),
(3, 'Old Fashioned', 4.7),
(4, 'Martini', 4.4),
(5, 'Cosmopolitan', 4.2)
GO
ALTER INDEX drinkpk ON dbo.drink DISABLE
GO
SELECT * FROM dbo.Drink
GO
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