PGSQL PHRIDAY #3: What is the PostgreSQL Community To You?
Very excited to take part in my third #PGSQLPhriday blogging event, even more so because it’s a topic that’s quite near and dear to my heart, community. To say...
2022-12-02
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Blog Posts
SQLibrium SQL Server on VMware training now free
I’m proud to be a part of the SQL Server communities globally. I do everything I can do to give back when I can. Too many times, I feel...
2022-12-02 (first published: 2022-11-15)
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Daily Coping 1 Dec 2022
Today’s coping tip is to discover your artistic side. Design a friendly greeting card. A fun one for me today. I saw this just after returning from the PASS...
2022-12-01
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Daily Coping 29 Nov 2022
Today’s coping tip is to make a meal using a recipe or ingredient you’ve not tried before. It’s the holidays, and my daughter is home. She’s GF, so I’m...
2022-11-30
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Daily Coping 30 Nov 2022
Today’s coping tip is to learn a new skill from a friend or share one of yours with them. I like learning, so in this case, I took advantage...
2022-11-30
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In SQL Server 2022, set your transaction log file autogrowth rate to 64 MB
A late-breaking change that arrived in SQL Server 2022 is an important one that could be a new line item in your health checks.
The basics:
Starting with SQL Server 2022,...
2022-11-30 (first published: 2022-11-17)
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My adventures with speaking and what changed
I am writing this blog post as contribution to #NewStarNovember and what got me re-started as a tech speaker in 2020. I haven’t done a lot of tech speaking...
2022-11-30 (first published: 2022-11-29)
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PASS Summit 2022 - Day 2 In Pictures
Day 2 of Summit 2022 started earlier than usual with the "Breakfast with the Microsoft team: SQL Futures and Strategy" - the food was good and the conversations with...
2022-11-30 (first published: 2022-11-18)
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Query Store Hints in SQL Server 2022
Another neat little feature in SQL Server 2022 is Query Store Hints. This is the ability to apply a query hint through Query Store rather than having to modify...
2022-11-30
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User Group Meeting – Migrate your SSIS skills to ADF & More
This Monday (the 5th of December 2022), my employer AE hosts a user group meeting for dataminds. There will be two sessions: It’ll be a very interesting evening, and...
2022-11-30
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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