I enjoyed writing scripts to manage the servers, as it taught me a lot about the internals of SQL Server. Many of these scripts were eventually automated using SQL Server’s agent to run and save data on the different servers so we could review the results, looking for issues.
This article shows the basics of using PowerShell Desired State Configuration to install a SQL Server.
When you are integrating Flyway into an existing SQL Server SSDT development, you don't necessarily have to change everything at once. The development team might continue to use the SSDT tools, but Flyway will soon take over the deployments. This means that any automated processes will need to be able to handle both DACPACs and Flyway migration scripts with equal grace. In this article, I'll demonstrate how to automatically extract a versioned DACPAC from each new Flyway version of a database.
In this article, we look at how Snowflake handles deadlocks and the process of creating a deadlock and detecting a deadlock.
Steve notes that password expiration is important for SQL Logins, but he knows this isn't always configured when logins are created, or checked later to see if it is still enabled.
Today Steve has a few thoughts, and links, from the Build Keynote last week, which featured AI technology.
This week was Microsoft Build. After four years, it was back in person in Seattle and available online. I didn't attend in person, but I did watch a number of sessions and also went through the Build 2023 Book of News. You can download the book if you want, as it provides a lengthy list […]
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