Is it just me or does msdb feel a lot like a user database?
When you think of system databases, tables, etc there are a number of things you might think of. Necessary to ... Continue reading
2019-08-07 (first published: 2019-07-17)
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SQL Server 2019 Query Store And SSMS
While not specific to SQL Server 2019 (I was using this version to do some testing) I was struggling to find how to change the time period of analysis...
2019-07-17
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T-SQL Tuesday #116 Roundup – SQL on Linux
This month’s topic is wide open to anything you could think of that had to do with SQL on Linux from something technical on how to implement it or...
2019-07-17
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T-SQL Tuesday #116 Roundup – SQL on Linux
This month’s topic is wide open to anything you could think of that had to do with SQL on Linux from something technical on how to implement it or...
2019-07-17
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T-SQL Tuesday #116 Roundup – SQL on Linux
This month’s topic is wide open to anything you could think of that had to do with SQL on Linux from something technical on how to implement it or...
2019-07-17
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Adding a Column with a Default Constraint
Last week a question came up about adding a column to a table, and giving that column a default constraint. Would that default value be assigned to all existing...
2019-07-24 (first published: 2019-07-16)
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Painless Synchronization of Azure Blob Storage with AWS S3
Synchronization
Moving data between two cloud providers can be painful, and require more provider scripting if doing api calls. For this, you can benefit from a tool that abstracts the...
2019-07-16
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Rename Azure VM OS Disk
In a recent post about creating Azure VMs using PowerShell, I noted a common issue that I run into where the name of the OS disk does not conform...
2019-08-08 (first published: 2019-07-16)
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How I Continuously Learn About SQL Server
Watch this week’s episode on YouTube. In order to stay current in a technology you have to immerse yourself in community content. Documentation is good for knowing the specification...
2019-08-07 (first published: 2019-07-16)
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How I Continuously Learn About SQL Server
Watch this week's video on YouTube
In order to stay current in a technology you have to immerse yourself in community content.
Documentation is good for knowing the specification of a...
2019-07-16
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Blogs
Don’t Fear the Technology
By Brian Kelley
The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to...
Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG
The STIG is detailed, which is a good thing, but I found myself wanting...
Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
By Steve Jones
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
Forums
Querying Multiple Tables for the Same Information
I have about 100 Tables that are all suffixed with _Modify. These tables record...
Make It Routine
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Finding Gaps in Sequential Data Using SQL Server
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Question of the Day
Negative and Positive Numbers
If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?
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