Daily Coping 16 Jan 2023
Today’s coping tip is to learn something new and share it with others. I do this all the time. It’s a part of my job, and I did this...
2023-01-16
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Blog Posts
Data Céilí Dublin 2023
Today we have launched Data Céilí (pronounced kay-lee) Dublin 2023, Ireland’s free, community led, Microsoft Data Platform event. We tried in 2020 but certain global events prevented us from...
2023-01-16 (first published: 2023-01-09)
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Identify Unused Indexes across all Databases
I had a request regarding how to identify unused indexes across all databases on a SQL Server instance (rather than just the current one). I’ve written this script before...
2023-01-16 (first published: 2023-01-05)
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Misleading SSMS Connection
Foreword
The other day I managed to confuse myself. I was looking up some information from an Extended Events (XE) session, but my eyes were playing a trick on me....
2023-01-16
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No Flyway Baseline No Migration
In my experiments with the Flyway CLI (fwcli), I’m finding some interesting behavior, some of which is catching my by surprise. This post looks at the baseline command and...
2023-01-16
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Daily Coping 13 Jan 2023
Today’s coping tip is to take five minutes to sit still and breathe. Sounds simple. I find this to be very challenging. If I’m just sitting here, why am...
2023-01-13
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How Long Will it Take to Encrypt Your Existing Data with TDE?
As we’ve seen in previous posts, the process of turning TDE on for an empty database with no data is instantaneous. Most of the time though you’ll be applying...
2023-01-13
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How Secure is TDE?
When we consider how secure a form of encryption is there are two things we want to consider. Let’s discuss each of these in turn. What are We Protected...
2023-01-13 (first published: 2023-01-03)
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Installing Flyway Community on Windows
One of the things I’ve been trying to do is dig in more deeply to the Flyway command line (CLI) as part of my work with Redgate. While Flyway...
2023-01-13 (first published: 2023-01-04)
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Azure SQL Managed Instance – Cost Saving!
We all would like to save money when operating in the cloud, Microsoft has released a stop / start concept for SQL Managed Instances – preview mode! At the...
2023-01-12
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Blogs
Focus on Core Skills
By Brian Kelley
Core skills depends on the position, but the point is that ensuring you have...
A New Word: Zverism
By Steve Jones
zverism – n. the wish that people could suspend their civility and indulge in...
SQL Server Source Control on a $0 Budget
By Kevin3NF
The Source Control Dilemma Every DBA has been there. Trying to keep track of...
Forums
Move Files SSIS Task
Hi I have a task in my SSIS package that moves files from source...
Migrating mission critical database from SQL on Prem to Azure SQL
We are migrating our environments to Azure, it will be a mix of SQL...
The Inefficiencies of Kubernetes
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The Backup Space Needed
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