Goal Progress for Nov 2022
I set goals at the beginning of the year, and I’m tracking my progress in these updates during 2022. Another month of busy stuff. A long trip for the...
2022-12-02
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The Voice of the DBA
Daily Coping 2 Dec 2022
Today’s coping tip is to enjoy new music today: play, sing, dance, or listen. I’m on the road this week, so it’s music for me. Not a lot of...
2022-12-02
14 reads
Daily Coping 1 Dec 2022
Today’s coping tip is to discover your artistic side. Design a friendly greeting card. A fun one for me today. I saw this just after returning from the PASS...
2022-12-01
14 reads
Daily Coping 30 Nov 2022
Today’s coping tip is to learn a new skill from a friend or share one of yours with them. I like learning, so in this case, I took advantage...
2022-11-30
11 reads
Daily Coping 29 Nov 2022
Today’s coping tip is to make a meal using a recipe or ingredient you’ve not tried before. It’s the holidays, and my daughter is home. She’s GF, so I’m...
2022-11-30
11 reads
The Last Trip of 2022
It’s the last trip for me today. I head to the UK for a few work things and then my wife is coming over to take a quick vacation...
2022-11-28
102 reads
Daily Coping 28 Nov 2022
Today’s coping tip is to broaden your perspective: read a different source of media. I’m off to the UK today. I tend to read books a lot when I...
2022-11-28
11 reads
Daily Coping 25 Nov 2022
Today’s coping tip is to connect with someone from a different generation. This tip makes me feel old. When I see “different generation” I used to think of someone...
2022-11-25
11 reads
Daily Coping 24 Nov 2022
Today’s coping tip is to try a new way to practice self-care and be kind to yourself. One of the things that I learned to do better during the...
2022-11-24
5 reads
Daily Coping 23 Nov 2022
Today’s coping tip is to build new ideas by thinking “Yes, and what if…”. I tend to look for the holes, problems, limitations, and downside of various proposals. I’ve...
2022-11-23
9 reads
Blogs
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
EightKB 2026
EightKB is back again for 2026! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is...
The FinOps Lifecycle: From Budgeting to Reporting
By HeyMo0sh
Working in DevOps long enough teaches you two universal truths: That’s exactly why I...
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences I
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which are explicitly linked to increment a number in a table when a new row is added?
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