Database Fundamentals #1: Install SQL Server
To get started with SQL Server, you need to install it. However, I’m not going to teach you how to...
2017-06-05
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The Scary DBA
Database Fundamentals
One of my favorite things about being a technologist is constantly learning new things, but, this can lead us to...
2017-06-15 (first published: 2017-05-31)
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Technology Gender Gap By State
This is my first ever guest blog post. Take it away Hazel Garcia.
Though the gender gap narrows by the year,...
2017-06-02 (first published: 2017-05-22)
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MySQL and Backups As A Service
With today’s announcement that MySQL is available as a Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering through Azure, a lot more...
2017-05-10
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General Notes on Security in Azure SQL Data Warehouse
I’m still learning about Azure SQL Data Warehouse (ADW, cause I’m lazy). ADW is a deceptively deep topic. Initially you...
2017-05-22 (first published: 2017-05-08)
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Redgate Alexa Contest Winners!
A couple of weeks ago we had a small contest here to pick a skill for Alexa. The entries were...
2017-05-05
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Food On Your Table
I was asked, “Who here thinks that PASS helps people put food on the table?” To my shame, I initially...
2017-04-25
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Query Hash Values, Plan Guides and the Query Store
I was eating dinner with Hugo Kornelis and we started talking about query hash values. You know, like everyone does...
2017-05-08 (first published: 2017-04-24)
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The Age of Data and Software Development
I am so excited to be a data professional in the modern era. Yeah, 15-20 years ago, it was cool...
2017-04-17
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Alerts From Azure Automation
In a previous post, I showed how to set up statistics maintenance for your Azure databases using Azure Automation. However,...
2017-04-04
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Blogs
SQL Server instance metadata inventory with PowerShell and SMO
By SQLPals
SQL Server instance metadata inventory with PowerShell and SMO The purpose...
5 SQL Tricks Worth Remembering Before You Close the Laptop
Disclosure: this post may contain links to books as an affiliate link. If you...
Claude Context Window
By Arun Sirpal
Every Claude conversation has a context window. It is the total amount of text...
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Representing Money
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Celebrating 30 years of PostgreSQL, A Thank you message
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Representing Money
Which types of currency does the money data type represent?
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