Work/Training Balance - The hidden balancing act
Should we be considering our Work/Training Balance as part of our careers?
Notify Users of Power BI Dataset Changes
In this article we cover the steps on how to send notifications to business users when a change in a dataset used for Power BI has occurred.
Who is responsible for building tests?
When you begin to automate your deployments, you’re also going to start automating your testing. After all, a deployment, in and of itself, is a test. However, you'll pretty quickly come to the question: who is responsible for building tests?
Implement Azure SQL Elastic Jobs with PowerShell
In this article, I will work you through the process of creating elastic jobs in Azure using PowerShell. The elastic jobs are similar to regular agents jobs in SQL Server although they add extra functionality like for example dedicated target groups that can be used in the job step level. Currently, the elastic jobs are […]
Lots of Data and AI Helping Firefighters
Using AI/ML to help process large amounts of data allows us to tackle problems that we might not otherwise be able to work on.
How DevOps can enable the evolving insurance landscape
The insurance landscape is evolving, and customer demands are far from where they used to be, with some of the biggest changes happening in the last year. James Boother from COEO covers how database DevOps can enable the evolving insurance landscape.
Move SQL Server Files for Master Database
In this second part of this article we look at how to move the SQL Server master database files to a different location.
Deceptive Visualizations
I'm sure there are plenty of examples, but I've seen deceptive data visualizations far too often in mass media. I don't often watch the news, but at times I've been at the gym, saw a graph on a television, and been a little surprised. The issue that bothered me is similar to what's discussed in […]
Conditional DELETE and INSERT in PostgreSQL
Introduction We are comfortable with inserting/deleting record(s) into/from a table. But we sometimes get confused when we need to insert or delete records conditionally from a table. Let us look at an example. Example scenario Suppose we have a table, called ALL_EMPLOYEES, which contains all employees' information who are working or had ever worked for […]
Evaluting a DBA
Steve has a few thoughts on hiring and the way in which you might want to evaluate a DBA candidate.
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Automating SQL Maintenance: How DevOps Principles Reduce Downtime
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Single User SQL Server on Linux
How can I start SQL Server on Linux in single-user mode to restore the master database?
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