2024-07-09
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Blog Posts
Deleting Old Local Git Branches–#SQLNewBlogger
I had a lot of local branches for a repo (actually a few repos). I know these are old and not used anymore, so how do I delete them?...
2024-07-08
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System Views in Microsoft Fabric – Query references an object that is not supported in distributed processing mode
I have a metadata-driven ELT framework that heavily relies on dynamic SQL to generate SQL statements that load data from views into a respective fact or dimension. Such a...
2024-07-08 (first published: 2024-06-08)
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Use Your Voice
If you want more of a career and less of a job, one thing you will have to do is learn to use your voice. I mean this on...
2024-07-08
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What to Know about Power BI Theme Colors
Power BI reports have a theme that specifies the default colors, fonts, and visual styles. In Power BI Desktop, you can choose to use a built-in theme, start with...
2024-07-08 (first published: 2024-06-21)
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A New Word: Symptomania
symptomania – n. the fantasy that there’s some elaborate diagnosis out there that neatly captures the kind of person you are, tying together your many flaws and contradictions into...
2024-07-05
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How do you restore a SQL Server 2000 database in the year 2024?
A discussion on LinkedIn led to this hypothetical “real world” question: Problem statement: I have a SQL Server 2000 database backup that I need to restore to a supported...
2024-07-05 (first published: 2024-06-20)
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Polyglot Persistence
I’ve seen the term polyglot persistence floating around Redgate a bit recently in the marketing department. I haven’t really seen this term anywhere, and I wonder if you have....
2024-07-05 (first published: 2024-06-17)
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Async stats update causing blocking
I recently encountered an issue where an index rebuild set to wait_at_low_priority ended up blocking an asynchronous statistics update.
This interaction led to a large blocking chain where queries were...
2024-07-03 (first published: 2024-06-16)
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EightKB 2024 – Schedule and Registration
Hello Hello, We. Are. Back! The schedule for EightKB 2024 Edition has been announced! We’re kicking off at 1pm UTC on August 8th (8th of the 8th…get it? 🙂...
2024-07-03
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Blogs
How to Run Databases on Kubernetes: An 8-Step Guide
In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to run MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and other stateful...
Episode 11 of Simple Talks: Oracle
By Steve Jones
The 11th episode is now live, recorded a few weeks ago at the PASS...
A New Word: Mornden
By Steve Jones
mornden – n. the self-container pajama universe shared by two people on a long...
Forums
What is the best index strategy for a table that gets truncated?
Hi everyone My SSIS package does a bulk insert of csv files into a...
Blob Storage automated downloads
Dipping my toes into the waters of Azure and of course before I get...
Announcing SQL Server 2025
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Question of the Day
Running Steve's Code
Can you run this code in any of your SQL Server 2019 databases without error?
CREATE OR ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[StevesAmazingProc]
AS
SELECT Consumer_ID ,
Trend_Category ,
Bit_Trace
FROM NewWorldDB.dbo.MarketTrend;
GO See possible answers