Thanks, we don't need this one, but I am looking for more ADF articles that might cover different aspects of how to implement pipelines with ADF. The first article is...

I'm not sure what you're trying to do. Let someone view a database?

No views or objects exist at the instance level. They are only inside databases.

Glad you liked it. I've enjoyed doing the Python questions.

I ought to get a shredder. We don't put trash out (a truck collects our dumpster), but I suppose that's still a potential issue.

Group Policy is good, but timing is...

Congrats, Alabama (again)

Certainly a complex situation. I see plenty of things in SQL Server  I might argue are bugs, but MS feels these are designs.

It is easy to blame people for bugs,...

I mostly agree. I also think that not meeting all goals can't be seen as a failure. It takes time to adjust to aiming for goals, and perhaps falling short...

Certainly no apology needed. I think the discussion and debate is healthy. I might question if it belongs in another thread, but it's not that much of an issue.

I tend...

For those of you that knew him, Gareth Swanepoel passed away on Friday - https://twitter.com/SQLBalls/status/1347722916700557319

He was a passionate member of the SQL community and a fellow speaker I've known...

First, I welcome the discussion in a respectful manner. I know we will all disagree about different things, but please be respectful as if we were friends in the same...

cheers

It's a crazy Azure restriction that we've complained to them about.

-n doesn't matter. This has nothing to do with data types. The return types are the same from a query, but the data is masked prior to being returned to...

https://documentation.red-gate.com/sm/adding-and-managing-monitored-servers/preparing-for-adding-monitored-servers/permissions-required-for-monitoring-servers

You never know what metric you need until you need it. I think there is good reason to capture a lot of them, but also archive/delete them over time.

I agree,...