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The one thing I miss about working in an office is having lunch with other people in IT but outside my area. Just random conversation about "what are you working...
May 7, 2024 at 9:43 pm
Incremental loads from SQL into any kind of Data Lake is easily achievable using many different methods. Where they fall apart is in replicating deletes, especially in large datasets, without...
May 6, 2024 at 6:55 pm
Just because no one else has mentioned it, I'm going to bring up COVID-19. It still isn't gone, lots of people are high risk or immunocompromised, and pretty much no...
May 6, 2024 at 6:50 pm
I love my Bose 700 for airplanes as I can actually hear movies. With most others, I hear too much airplane noise and can't really enjoy media/music.
Truth! They are great...
May 6, 2024 at 6:39 pm
I love my Bose 700 for airplanes as I can actually hear movies. With most others, I hear too much airplane noise and can't really enjoy media/music.
Truth. But while they...
May 6, 2024 at 6:34 pm
There are currently two people between me (no one directly reports to me) and my CTO. Any time I've had more than three at a job, there have been all...
May 1, 2024 at 3:17 pm
Our issue with all the various ways to get changes from SQL Server into Synapse or Fabric is that deletes get ignored, so if someone (for example) adds a Project...
April 26, 2024 at 8:58 pm
But no system is perfect...
Russian state-backed hackers breached Microsoft's core software systems, company says (msn.com)
March 11, 2024 at 9:13 pm
I waited to update to 19.0 until SSMS Tools Pack supported it. I will wait for it to support SSMS 20.0 before I upgrade to that major version. I usually...
March 4, 2024 at 9:22 pm
Thomas, I had the same issue with SSMSBoost. It is abandonware. The author hasn't posted to any social media for years, and the product has not been updated in that...
March 4, 2024 at 9:16 pm
I also prefer working in small-ish companies (500 - 5000 employees). In America, the larger companies generally offer better benefits - especially when it comes to health insurance. But that...
February 15, 2024 at 8:55 pm
Many in the #SQLFamily have moved to (or at least added a presence on) Bluesky, and there is even a deck.blue for it that is becoming equivalent to TweetDeck. There...
February 5, 2024 at 5:46 pm
When I was 30, I was focused on learning whatever was needed to keep my salary's upward curve as steep as possible (a spouse, small child, and a big mortgage...
January 22, 2024 at 7:25 pm
Although the Azure Automatic Tuning for Azure SQL Databases is much improved over the Missing Index Hints in execution plans and DMVs, it still has issues, and I would not...
January 19, 2024 at 8:03 pm
A degree shouldn't be necessary, but it does prove that you had some discipline to learn something. You can prove that otherwise as well.
It also proves you had the...
December 8, 2023 at 5:02 pm
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