Expanding Northwind with Prompt+
I was trying to do a little testing of our subsetter and needed a larger database. So I decided to ask Prompt + to help me with a little...
2024-09-02 (first published: 2024-08-14)
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Blog Posts
Using T-SQL Snapshot Backup - Are Snapshots Backups?
Introduction Traditional SQL Server backups can struggle with large databases, resulting in longer backup times and resource contention. T-SQL Snapshot Backup, a new feature in SQL Server 2022, addresses...
2024-09-01 (first published: 2024-08-31)
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A New Word: Flashover
flashover – n. the moment a conversation becomes alive and real, when a spark of rust shorts out the delicate circuits you keep insulated under layers or irony, momentarily...
2024-08-30
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Developer Q&A: Dika Fei of Jelly Pixel Studio
"Let me know where you get your magic pixie dust from!"
2024-08-30
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Friday Flyway Tips: Git Integration in Community Edition
Redgate added Git integration to the free, Community edition of Flyway Desktop. I saw the announcement and decided to make this post to show how this can work for...
2024-08-30
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Python: How to use secrets stored in azure key vault in your Pulumi project
Software Engineers are excited to create Infrastructures just like DevOps Engineers. However, other IaC tools like Terraform and CloudFormation, relies on domain-specific Languages (DSLs) or JSON/YAML templates to create...
2024-08-30 (first published: 2024-08-15)
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Migrate Your Azure Data Studio Connection List
I wanted to migrate some connections without recreating them and wondered how to do that in Azure Data Studio. It turns out to be easy. I post about whatever...
2024-08-28 (first published: 2024-08-12)
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Moving One File Across Git Branches: #SQLNewBlogger
I was working on some branching and merging with a customer and they wanted to move a file from one branch to another without taking the entire commit. I...
2024-08-28
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Observing Extended Events
Sure, you can right click on a running session for Extended Events and open the Live Data window, but are there other ways of observing what Extended Events is...
2024-08-28 (first published: 2024-08-12)
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2024-08-27
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Blogs
Query to Email….Well Formatted Email
By SteveHood79
When I get alerts from SQL Server I want it to do three things...
Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference
By James Serra
A ton of new features for Microsoft Fabric were announced at the Microsoft Fabric Community...
Why Your SQL Server Backups Aren’t Enough
By Kevin3NF
SQL Server backups are database insurance – you don’t really appreciate them until disaster...
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Data Type Names In Powershell - Identity Increment
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Upgrades to SQL Server 2022
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