What is your why?: T-SQL Tuesday #111
This month Andy Leonard (b/t) wants to know why we do what we do. Funnily enough, this is something I...
2019-02-12
675 reads
Kenneth Fisher
What’s a differential backup?
Of the different basic types of backups (full, differential and log) I find the differential the most interesting, and frequently...
2019-02-12 (first published: 2019-01-23)
2,151 reads
Using Cloud Academy
The other day I talked about using Microsoft Learn. Well, honestly, Cloud Academy is the learning tool I’ve been using...
2019-02-06
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Read-only tables
Sometimes you need a table that is read only. You don’t want anyone to be able to write to it...
2019-02-05 (first published: 2019-01-21)
2,637 reads
SQL Homework – February 2019 – Instance configurations
This homework series really has two purposes. It’s a primer for beginners. These are tasks I think most if not...
2019-02-04
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2019-01-30
229 reads
Controlling the firewall for an Azure SQL DB via T-SQL
The other day I took a Microsoft Learn course about securing Azure SQL DB. It was really enjoyable and I...
2019-01-29 (first published: 2019-01-16)
2,018 reads
SQL Bits 2019: The Great Data Heist
SQL Bits is almost here! It’s February 27th to March 2nd. SQL Bits is one of the most popular SQL...
2019-01-14
719 reads
#SQLCareer 4/4 January 2nd 2019
Last July (yes, it’s taken me 5+ months to finally finish this) Steve Jones (b/t) suggested that it might be...
2019-01-10
166 reads
Automation starts by doing something once, very very carefully: T-SQL Tuesday #110
After a while the intros for my T-SQL Tuesday posts get a little boring. So without any further ado, it’s...
2019-01-08
198 reads
Blogs
Simple Talks Episode 9–Data masking and subsetting
By Steve Jones
The episode on data masking and subetting is out. You can see it here:...
T-SQL Tuesday #180: Avoid Perfect for Good Enough
By Brian Kelley
I'm listening to Effortless by Greg McKeon (link to author's page) through Audible.com. He...
Book Review – Humanizing Data Strategy by Tiankai Feng
This book was making its rounds on social media, and the concept seems interesting...
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The Hash Join I
What are the two inputs called to a hash join operation in SQL Server? (choose 2)
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