Daily Coping 4 Jan 2023
Today’s coping tip is to share something helpful with a friend that you learned recently. I share a lot with my wife and kids. They are a big part...
2023-01-04
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Blog Posts
Monitoring with the Pure Storage FlashArray OpenMetrics Exporter
This post introduces you to the Pure Storage FlashArray OpenMetrics Exporter. It shows you how to get started quickly using Docker Compose so you can monitor your Pure Storage...
2023-01-04 (first published: 2022-12-20)
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Understanding Keys and Certificates with TDE
When you first look at the encryption hierarchy for TDE in SQL Server it can be a bit daunting. There seem to be a lot of objects involved and...
2023-01-04 (first published: 2022-12-21)
335 reads
Daily Coping 3 Jan 2023
Today’s coping tip is to use one of your strengths in a new or creative way. I have a lot of strengths. They’ve helped me to be successful. This...
2023-01-03
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Daily Coping 2 Jan 2023
Today’s coping tip is to start the new year off with something new – listen, watch, read something completely different. I started listening to more country music last year....
2023-01-02
14 reads
How to Specify the Format of the Request Body of an Azure Function
This is a bit of a niche blog post, because you don’t actually need this to make your Azure Function work :). When you create a new HTTP-triggered Azure...
2023-01-02 (first published: 2022-12-16)
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PASS Summit 2022 - Day 3 in Pictures
Other PASS Summit 2022 Days - Pre-Cons | Day 1 | Day 2
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Day 3 of Summit 2022 was "Community Day" with a "community keynote" given by the amazing Kimberly Tripp (@kimberlyltripp)...
2023-01-02 (first published: 2022-11-19)
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SQLPlayer is renaming
It was about time. The blog and all related services are being changed the name. From SQL Player to Azure Player. You probably noticed over several years that the...
2023-01-02 (first published: 2023-01-01)
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T-SQL Tuesday #121: Gifts received for this year Redux 2022 Edition
Trigger warning: suicidal ideation, depression, bipolar, mania If you would prefer to stick to all the positives skip to the numbered list at the bottom.
The post T-SQL Tuesday #121:...
2022-12-31
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A SQL Compare Picklist
Recently a customer was trying to sync up production and development. They’d somewhat lost control of both environments and wanted to build a plan of how to sync them....
2022-12-30 (first published: 2022-12-19)
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Blogs
Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
Forums
SSMS 22 Latest Update Crashing
Hi all, I've just had to roll back my SSMS 22 version from 22.3.0,...
Transactional Replication setup issue
Hi! I've been banging my head against the wall for 2 days now trying...
The Power of Data and Privacy
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Power of Data and...
Question of the Day
What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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