Daily Coping 26 Jul 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-07-26
7 reads
Blog Posts
Daily Coping 25 Jul 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-07-25
11 reads
Database Fundamentals #32: Create Unique Constraints with T-SQL
In the last Database Fundamentals post, I explained what a unique constraint was and how you can create them using the GUI. Using TSQL to create a constraint is...
2022-07-25
85 reads
New Database Job – The 90 Day Plan
In my first post, I reference that by the end of your first 30 days you should have a 90-day plan of things to tackle at your job and...
2022-07-25 (first published: 2022-07-12)
556 reads
Talking DevOps with Scott
The SQL Solutions Group asked me to do a webinar with them, which is still an honor for me. They’ve been working with various clients on DevOps development practices,...
2022-07-25
18 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #152 – The crazy login client
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Deborah Melkin(b|t), and she has an interesting topic. She wants us to write a rant on a scenario we encountered at a...
2022-07-25 (first published: 2022-07-12)
324 reads
Adopting a DevOps Process for your Database – SQL Saturday New Jersey 2022
I had a great talk today at SQL Saturday New Jersey 2022 on DevOps and databases. Good crowd and good questions. Got caught in a spotlight picture as well:...
2022-07-23
30 reads
Daily Coping 22 Jul 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-07-22
20 reads
Register as a Pre-Con Speaker
I’ve been debating how we better organize speaker resources and one of the things I proposed was a pre-con registry of speakers. I did so at the sqlsaturday blog....
2022-07-22 (first published: 2022-07-13)
73 reads
SQLServerCarpenter Tools
Over the past couple of years, I’ve developed several tools that I’ve been using during my Performance Tuning and other related assignments. I thought to share it with the...
2022-07-22 (first published: 2022-07-11)
1,251 reads
Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Downtime Caused by the Postgres...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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