Storage Field Day 23 – SIOS
I am thrilled to have been a part of this year’s Storage Field Day 23 event, held by Gestalt IT during the first week of March. This event is...
2022-05-17
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Blog Posts
Comparing Daily Estimates to Actuals–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. In a previous post I wrote about using...
2022-05-16 (first published: 2022-05-04)
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Daily Coping 16 May 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...
2022-05-16
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How to Deploy an Azure Function with PowerShell using Azure Devops
In the blog post Azure Function with PowerShell and the Power BI REST API I explained how you could create an Azure Function using the PowerShell scripting language. This...
2022-05-16 (first published: 2022-04-27)
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SQL Server Backups
I’ve written many blog post and articles over the years about SQL Server backups and restore options. I am constantly amazed at how often I find databases that are...
2022-05-16
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Storage Field Day 23 – HammerSpace
I am thrilled to have been a part of this year’s Storage Field Day 23 event, held by Gestalt IT during the first week of March. This event is...
2022-05-16
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SQL Saturday Jacksonville Slide Decks
Here are the slide decks for my sessions at SQL Saturday Jacksonville 2022 Continuous Integration Using Local Agents Adopting a DevOps Process for Your Database
2022-05-14
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Daily Coping 13 May 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...
2022-05-13
12 reads
Power BI: Creating an Info Button with UNICHAR()
Reports are only as useful as they are easily understandable. When making reports for executives and other business leaders, it is vital to ensure the context and insights of...
2022-05-13 (first published: 2022-05-04)
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Snowflake + Azure Privatelink
Azure Privatelink provides private connectivity from an Azure Virtual Network to Azure PaaS such as Snowflake. This secures the connection between client endpoint and Snowflake(more...)
The post Snowflake + Azure...
2022-05-13
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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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