Daily Coping 6 Mar 2023
Today’s coping tip is to make plans with a friend and catch up with them. I decided to reach out to a friend and make time to catch up....
2023-03-06
11 reads
The Voice of the DBA
Goal Progress for Feb 2023
The grade for February is also D. Details below, but just not making a lot of progress in these areas. So far I have: Jan – D Feb –...
2023-03-03
29 reads
Daily Coping 3 Mar 2023
Today’s coping tip is to send an encouraging note to someone who needs a boost. I met someone at a conference years ago and kept in touch. For some...
2023-03-03
21 reads
Daily Coping 2 Mar 2023
Today’s coping tip is to make plans with a friend or loved one. I don’t like making plans, preferring to somewhat flow with life and make decisions close to...
2023-03-02
8 reads
Shutting Down Coping Tips
It’s been nearly 3 years of Daily Coping Tips here at the Voice of the DBA. I started these when the pandemic hit and the world shut down. I’ve...
2023-03-01
24 reads
Adding a Computed Column–#SQLNewBlogger
Recently I needed to add a computed column to a table and realized that I didn’t remember the syntax. This short post show how to do this. Another post...
2023-03-10 (first published: 2023-03-01)
324 reads
Daily Coping 1 Mar 2023
Today’s coping tip is to call a friend to catch up and really listen to them Actually a friend pinged me to ask about a call recently. I made...
2023-03-01
10 reads
Daily Coping 28 Feb 2023
Today’s coping tip is to thank three people you feel grateful to and tell them why. This is something I tend to do privately, thanking people who’ve impacted my...
2023-02-28
6 reads
A Corporate Wellness Day
Today is the corporate Wellness Day at Redgate. It’s a day off for almost everyone in the company, unless they have something that can’t get moved. A few support...
2023-02-27
66 reads
Daily Coping 27 Feb 2023
Today’s coping tip is to tell a loved one about the strengths you see in them. For one of my kids, I’m letting them know that I see: responsibility...
2023-02-27
12 reads
Blogs
Build a Snapshot Backup Catalog in Pure Storage - The SQL Server 2022 Edition
In my previous post, I showed you how to build a snapshot backup catalog...
Advice I Like: Training Employees
By Steve Jones
Train employees well enough that they could get another job but treat them well...
Creating a Striped Backup Set with AI
By Steve Jones
I needed to test a striped backup, so I decided to ask the AI’s...
Forums
Create an HTML Report on the Status of SQL Server Agent Jobs
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Why Data Modelling Still Matters - More Than Ever
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hops from sql server to mysql to s4 hana - possible?
Hi when i think of server hops , i think of how kerberos assists...
Question of the Day
Strange String Splits
When I run this code, how many rows are returned?
DECLARE @meals NVARCHAR(1000) = N'夕食昼食朝食' DECLARE @s NVARCHAR(1) = N'食' SELECT value FROM STRING_SPLIT(@meals, @s) GOSee possible answers