Master Advanced SQL: 2 Essential Courses for Every Data Analyst
If you're a data analyst, you already know that SQL isn't just a nice-to-have skill – it's the bedrock of your work. But let's face it, SQL isn't a...
2024-08-19
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Blog Posts
Monday Monitor Tips- Enabling Index Tracking in Redgate Monitor
There is a new index feature in Redgate Monitor, but it’s disabled by default. This post shows how to enable things. This is part of a series of posts...
2024-08-19 (first published: 2024-08-05)
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Monday Monitor Tips: Changing the Fragmentation Alert
I had a customer that was concerned about the fragmentation alert for indexes and wanted to know how to change it. This post discusses the change. This is part...
2024-08-19
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My personal experience Dockerizing a Ruby on Rails Application: Deploy to AWS ECR using Github…
My personal experience Dockerizing a Ruby on Rails Application: Deploy to AWS ECR using Github ActionsI recently received a request on how to Dockerize a Ruby on Rails application after...
2024-08-19
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Service Broker Blocking
This post is dedicated to all 10 other DBAs that use Service Broker (you know who you are).
The main reason for this blog post is that I’ve got no...
2024-08-19 (first published: 2024-08-09)
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Managing Database code
This is my own contribution to the T-SQL Tuesday I am hosting – on managing database code. I am from the older generation – where the farthest we went...
2024-08-18
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SQL Saturday Denver 2024 Resources
Here are the resources from my talks today. Best Practices for Seamless Database Deployments PPTX slides Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments git repo: https://github.com/way0utwest/ZeroDowntime PPTX slides Some good questions today,...
2024-08-18 (first published: 2024-08-17)
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A New Word: Povism
povism – n. the frustration of being stuck inside your own head, unable to see your face or read your body language in context, only ever guessing how you...
2024-08-16
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dbatools Required Filesystem Access for Database Restores
The Problem While performing an instance migration this spring, I happened upon something I didn’t expect in [dbatools](https://dbatools.io/). It should have been a simple backup/restore copy of the databases,...
2024-08-16 (first published: 2024-08-06)
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How We Built It: Beeper’s New Blog
Our special projects team was eager to build Beeper a new blogging home. Here's the beautiful result.
2024-08-16 (first published: 2024-08-15)
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Blogs
My 2024 in Data: Music
By Steve Jones
This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back...
A New Word: Suente
By Steve Jones
suente– n. the state of being so familiar with someone that you can be...
Side Projects
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Timeout Error while executing a TSQL statement in Sql server Express Edition
I am getting the below error when I execute a SQL command in SQL...
Timeout Error while executing a TSQL statement in Sql server Express Edition
I am getting the below error when I execute a SQL command in SQL...
Sql script replace and rearrange numbers
Hi everyone. I have this table and this information. (left side of the image)...