Microsoft Azure Automation
Microsoft just announced a new mechanism for managing your Azure resources, Automation. You can check out the documentation on it...
2014-04-24 (first published: 2014-04-16)
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The Scary DBA
SQL Server First Aid
If you take basic first aid, say a CPR course, you’ll learn a handy mnemonic for the primary assessment you...
2014-04-15
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Sharing a Good Idea
I posted earlier about my experiments with Microsoft Curah!. (yes, technically the period should follow the exclamation since the exclamation...
2014-04-14
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I’m a Traveling Man
We are coming into quite a busy time for my speaking schedule. I’m hitting the road. It does one thing...
2014-04-10
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Curation and Performance
I’m trying out a new web site from Microsoft called Curah! that is all about curation. Curation is basically what...
2014-04-08
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Speaker of the Month, April 2014
I’m really enjoying picking a speaker of the month. It forces me to sit through a lot more sessions at...
2014-04-11 (first published: 2014-04-04)
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Thanks For Stopping By
Yesterday I passed 300,000 views on the blog. Recently I went over 1,000 comments. My little joke on Tuesday garnered...
2014-04-03
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SQL Server 2014 New Defaults
Today, April 1st, 2014, marks the release of SQL Server 2014. There are tons and tons of great new methods...
2014-04-01
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Save Money On Your Training Server
You can spend less money. Some of us are lucky. We work for very large corporations who can easily set...
2014-03-31 (first published: 2014-03-25)
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PASS DBA Virtual Chapter Talk
I almost forgot to tell you about the Database Administration Virtual Chapter meeting next week, March 26th, 2014. I’ll be...
2014-03-21
639 reads
Blogs
Data Skew in Data Engineering: What It Is and How to Fix It
You kick off a distributed job expecting it to finish in minutes — but...
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...
Forums
Fuzzy String Matching in SQL Server 2025
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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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