Unwrapping, Unboxing and Installing SQL Clone

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• SQL Clone

If you are evaluating a tool such as a text editor or spreadsheet, it is easy: you just install it, you run it, you decide whether you need it. Job done. However, a similar 'unboxing' or 'unwrapping' of SQL Clone, and installing across a network, is not so quick and easy. Phil Factor's solution is to install and run a complete installation of SQL Clone on a single box. This allows you to try everything out, creating images and deploying clones, while isolated from the network. It can then be extended across a network, subsequently, when it's been fully tested.

Micro Credentials

• by Steve Jones

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• Career

Today Steve talks about a new way of achieving some certification and education from Microsoft.

Stairway to Biml Level 8 – Using the Relational Database Metadata to Build Packages

• by Andy Leonard

• SQLServerCentral.com

In this next level of the Stairway to Biml, we will examine how you can use the information stored in your RDBMS to build packages.

Free eBook: SQL Server Transaction Log Management

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• Transaction Log

When a SQL Server database is operating smoothly and performing well, there is no need to be particularly aware of the transaction log, beyond ensuring that every database has an appropriate backup regime and restore plan in place. When things go wrong, however, a DBA's reputation depends on a deeper understanding of the transaction log, both what it does, and how it works.

Free Solution Brief – Dedicated Database Environments for Dev, Test and CI

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• SQL Provision

Developers and testers can be blocked from having a local, private database to work in because of disk space, refresh times, and data privacy. Download this free solution brief to learn how SQL Provision removes these blockers and enables production-like data to be delivered at speed. Download now.

Hosting a Machine Learning Model in ASP.NET Core 3.0

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• Data Science

Microsoft introduced the ML.NET framework which can be used by developers to include machine learning models in their applications. In this article, Dino Esposito discusses hosting a machine learning model in ASP.NET Core 3.0.

ASCII Text Dump

• by saga

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• T-SQL

Introduction Recently, I had the task of analyzing a varchar field for special characters. The field contained text entered by the user with a standard US keyboard; however, the proprietary software was breaking up the text and delimiting it with characters whose ASCII values were above 127. Eyeballing the text that I dumped using a […]

Learning from Exercise

• by Steve Jones

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• Career

Steve has learned to better manage his life after years of exercise.

ASP.NET Core with GitOps: Dockerizing an API on AWS EC2

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• Containers

As more shops begin automating build and deployment pipelines, it’s critical to learn about containerization. In this article, Mircea Oprea walks you through deploying an ASP.NET Core API in a Docker container.

Take the 2020 State of Database DevOps Survey – win a new iPad

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• DevOps and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

Redgate’s 2020 State of Database DevOps Survey is open now. Share your views on Database DevOps today for a chance to win a new 65GB iPad Air. Plus, for every entry, Redgate will donate $1 to UNICEF. Take the survey now.