Daily Coping 6 Feb 2023
Today’s coping tip is to get back in contact with an old friend. This is something I don’t do too often, but I have done a few times. I’ve...
2023-02-06
7 reads
Blog Posts
Script to Install the Tools I Use on My Jumpbox
I wrote a blog post a few months ago about the tools I use on my jumpbox you can read here. Since then, I have
The post Script to Install...
2023-02-06 (first published: 2023-01-24)
416 reads
Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 01-31-2023
Hello Dear Reader! After a weekend with a lot of activities, it was a down week here at Casa Balls. Woke up and walked a lot. I'm still not...
2023-02-06
17 reads
Unpivot a matrix with multiple fields on columns in Power Query
I had to do this for a client the other day, and I realized I hadn’t blogged about it. Let’s say you need to include data in a Power...
2023-02-06 (first published: 2023-01-24)
346 reads
Daily Coping 3 Feb 2023
Today’s coping tip is to ask other people about things they’ve enjoyed recently I asked the question on Twitter and on Facebook, looking for interesting responses from friends. The...
2023-02-03
9 reads
Q&A on certification exams, exam prep, and test-taking skills
Part 2 of 2. This blog post is co-authored by Ajayi Anwansedo, PhD and William Assaf, who met and worked together at The Futures Fund, a STEM non-profit which offers introductory coding and...
2023-02-03 (first published: 2023-01-23)
262 reads
Starting the Flyway PoC–Environment
I’ve had a goal to redo my demo environments and get them set up to work for a variety of customers in different places. I decided to do this...
2023-02-03 (first published: 2023-01-23)
101 reads
Daily Coping 2 Feb 2023
Today’s coping tip is to challenge negative thoughts and look for the upside. I’m struggling with some negative thoughts outside of work. This year as I coach older girls,...
2023-02-02
12 reads
Daily Coping 1 Feb 2023
Today’s coping tip is to decide to lift people up rather than put them down. This is something I am trying to practice more as a coach, pointing out...
2023-02-01
9 reads
Goal Progress for Jan 2023
The grade for January is a D. Details below, but just not making a lot of progress in these areas. I set goals at the beginning of the year,...
2023-02-01
9 reads
Blogs
How to Run Databases on Kubernetes: An 8-Step Guide
In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to run MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and other stateful...
Episode 11 of Simple Talks: Oracle
By Steve Jones
The 11th episode is now live, recorded a few weeks ago at the PASS...
A New Word: Mornden
By Steve Jones
mornden – n. the self-container pajama universe shared by two people on a long...
Forums
What is the best index strategy for a table that gets truncated?
Hi everyone My SSIS package does a bulk insert of csv files into a...
Blob Storage automated downloads
Dipping my toes into the waters of Azure and of course before I get...
Announcing SQL Server 2025
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Question of the Day
Running Steve's Code
Can you run this code in any of your SQL Server 2019 databases without error?
CREATE OR ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[StevesAmazingProc]
AS
SELECT Consumer_ID ,
Trend_Category ,
Bit_Trace
FROM NewWorldDB.dbo.MarketTrend;
GO See possible answers