Helpful Unix Commands/Debugging made easy
The purpose of this document is to walkthrough helpful Unix commands that would help use Unix/Linux operating system, debug & resolve any issues in a more efficient and timely manner.
Solve SQL Server Agent Job Dependencies with Data Driven Solution
In this tip I will demonstrate a simple way of launching a SQL Agent job when the job it depends on completes successfully.
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BYOD Fingerprint Concerns
Fingerprints provide some security, but a research suggests not necessarily much. Steve has a few thoughts.
Advanced Performance Tuning for Microsoft SQL Server
No matter where you run your SQL Server® instances—on-premises, in a virtual machine, or in an Azure SQL Database Managed instance—the challenge is the same. How do you ensure you get optimum performance? Is the virtual machine impacting your database instance performance? Which queries cause the most blocking or deadlocking? Are you consuming more DTUs in your Azure SQL Database than you budgeted for?
Teams That Ship
Running software teams isn't as easy as it may seem, and the way you manage a startup is different than a mature organization. Steve has a few comments on the process one angel investor implements.
Adding Reports Users to SQL Monitor
SQL Monitor 10.0.5 now supports a user role called "Reports user". A user added to this role, by an administrator, will be able to 'self-serve' SQL Monitor reports but won't be able to configure any other aspect of the monitoring service. Jeremiah Peschka explains how it works.
Considerations for Deploying Azure SQL Database Managed Instances
While Microsoft provides a number of different deployment options for its Azure SQL Database offerings, one in particular warrants special attention from the standpoint of its infrastructure dependencies: Azure SQL Database Managed Instance.
How to ACTUALLY save money in the cloud with SQL Server
We have all heard migrating to the cloud can save you money and there are several ways moving your SQL Server workloads to the cloud can save your organization money. But, there are also missteps that can eat away at the savings, performance and even your availability creating instead an expensive, ineffective, difficult to manage cloud infrastructure.
Blogs
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
Blue Sky Programming – The Optimism Trap
Many years ago, before I joined Oracle, I was working on a major modernisation...
Setting Up a Mac for Data Engineering and AI Work
If you work with data pipelines, SQL, notebooks, or machine learning models, a Mac...
Forums
SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
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Is Fabric a Reliable Service or a Ripped Resource?
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locking down agent for new user on our dev machine
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Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT I
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37What is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 3;See possible answers