Sabotage at Work
Some of the work habits that might sabotage an organization appear to have been adopted by some of Steve's former employers.
Text Mining and Sentiment Analysis: Analysis with R
In the third article of this series, Sanil Mhatre demonstrates how to perform a sentiment analysis using R including generating a word cloud, word associations, sentiment scores, and emotion classification.
Azure DWH part 19: Backup and Restore SSAS
In the part 18, we created a Cube based on the Azure Data Warehouse. In this new chapter, we will work with the cube, create backups and show some tips to restore.
Crack that Encrypted Data
Ransomware is becoming an issue. Steve Jones notes DBAs need to be ready to deal with these issues.
Updated First Responder Kit and Consultant Toolkit for May 2020
My favorite new things are that sp_BlitzIndex @Mode = 2 now makes it even easier to do disconnected index tuning just purely inside a spreadsheet, and sp_BlitzCache runs faster on big servers.
The Basics of Using a Sequence as a Table Default
The Sequence object is a way of auto generating a numerical value in some order automatically. This object can be used as a default for a table column, and this articles shows how this can be implemented.
The Challenges of Working Under Quarantine
It's been nearly two months since the Redgate Software offices closed. I am not normally in the office, but I did cancel a trip that I normally would have taken to touch base with a number of teams. That's a minor change for me, but a still a change. It's much less than the disruption that […]
Rewiring Your Culture for an AI-Augmented Future with Intelligent DataOps
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Programmatically Retrieving MLV Lineage and Refresh Times
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Upgrading SQL Server Containers on the Laptop
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I don’t have SQL Server installed on my laptop. In an effort to keep...
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