Dread or Desire
Today Steve wonders about the move back to offices and if you are looking forward to it or trying to avoid it.
Ten tips for attracting and retaining DevOps talent
To stay competitive and bring value to customers, organisations are adopting DevOps, but finding people experienced in DevOps can be challenging. Robert Sheldon has ten tips to help managers attract and retain DevOps talent.
SQL Server Management Studio Database Diagram Support Objects Cannot be Installed
In this article we look at how to resolve the error database diagram support objects cannot be installed because the database does not have a valid owner.
SSRS Install, Setup and Configuration
In this article we cover all of the steps required to install, setup and configure SQL Server Reporting Services.
Feature branches and pull requests with Git to manage conflicts
Feature branching and pull requests are two important concepts when using Git. In this article, Kendra Little explains these patterns and even provides a video to demonstrate.
Blogs
Flyway Tips: AI Generating Migration Script Names
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Forums
Introduction of OPTIMIZE_FOR_SEQUENTIAL_KEY = ON
Hi, We have low latency high volume system. I have a table having 3...
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Question of the Day
The Long Name
I run this code to create a table:
When I check the length, I get these results:
A table name is limited to 128 characters. How does this work?