You Need Offline Backups
Steve talks about the need to be careful with backups in this age of malicious attackers.
Using the DAX Calculate and Values Functions
In the first two articles in this series on creating DAX formulae, Andy Brown of Wise Owl Training showed how to create calculated columns and measures. In this third article, he turns his attention to two of the most important DAX functions (CALCULATE and VALUES), showing how and when to use them. If DAX knowledge can be compared to a heavily fortified castle, the CALCULATE function is the drawbridge giving access to it.
Using Power BI and SSRS for visualizing SQL Server and R data (Part 4)
Using R with Power BI, SSRS or RTVS for easier data visualization
Why Redgate is Running a Database Development Disasters Contest?
Kendra Little explains why Redgate would like to hear your stories of how the database has been left behind.
Google's Expensive Confusing Rules
Google was recently fined for GDPR violations. Steve wonders if their confusing documentation and tools are the problem.
SQL Server Perfmon counters that are still interesting in 2019
Years ago, my first go-to tool for performance tuning was Performance Monitor: it was available everywhere, worked in all versions, and gave me a lot of useful information without paying for a monitoring tool. Since then, I’ve moved on – wait stats are a much better starting point – but there are still 3 good Perfmon counters that I rely on.
Hard Drive Reliability
Backblaze releases their new hard drive stats and there are some interesting items in the report.
Using Computed Columns
Although computed columns are from the beginning of SQL Server, not everyone knows how to use them. This article will help you better understand how it works.
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Reflections on the Life of a DBA
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Moving On-Prem PostgreSQL to the Cloud: Picking the Right Path for Big Tables
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A Spread of Vacation
By Steve Jones
I’m off on vacation today. Which is a little weird as I just got...
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