Looking Back: 2016 was Awesome!
With 2017 starting this week I would like to take a moment and reflect on 2016. I have to admit...
2017-01-05
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John Sterrett
Looking Back: 2016 was Awesome!
With 2017 starting this week I would like to take a moment and reflect on 2016. I have to admit that 2016 was a great year for many different...
2017-01-05
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Three Reasons Why I Am Attending PASS Member Summit 2016
Three reasons why I am attending PASS Member Summit in 2016
Over the past few weeks, I saw on social media...
2016-10-26
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Benchmark Azure SQL Database Wait Stats
Today, I want to focus on how we can monitor wait statistics in an Azure SQL Database. In the past,...
2016-08-30
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Calculating DTU in Azure SQL Database
A few months ago, I posted a question over on ask.sqlservercentral.com. In a nutshell, it was how do you measure...
2016-09-06 (first published: 2016-08-24)
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Azure SQL Database Live Migrations
Unfortunately, with Azure SQL Database you are not able to take an existing SQL Server Backup and restore it on...
2016-08-01 (first published: 2016-07-26)
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I am a Microsoft Data Platform MVP
My First Microsoft SQL Server MVP Award
Today, I have achieved an SQL Someday moment. I am excited to share some exciting...
2016-07-01
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Automatic Seeding Very Large Databases in SQL Server 2016
There are a lot of new features in SQL Server 2016. Availability Groups by itself got a lot of new...
2016-07-12 (first published: 2016-06-29)
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Automating Azure Resource Management Authentication
I love Azure and I love PowerShell. They are a perfect marriage. It’s amazing how much automation you can do...
2016-06-23
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3 Reasons to Attend SQL Saturday Austin on Jan 30th
The Austin SQL Server User Group will host its third SQL Saturday on Saturday,
SQL Saturday Austin on January 30th, 2016
January...
2016-01-12
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #180: Good enough is perfect Roundup
This month, I prompted bloggers to discuss whether good enough is perfect. Thank you to all...
Using SQL Compare with Read-only Access
By Steve Jones
Recently a customer asked if SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare can be used...
Forums
how can i tell if our db2 driver is ms or ibm or other?
i see this in the definition of a linked server on our wh sql...
normal role member to be able to view list of other role members in his DB
Is this even possible ? Tried with grant but to no avail. [sys].[database_role_members] and...
Stairway to Snowflake Level 5 - Using Snowflake with SnowSQL and Visual Studio Code
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Stairway to Snowflake Level 5...
Question of the Day
A Strange Result
What does this code return in SSMS 20 from SQL Server 2019?
select '|' + CHAR(0)+'abc' + '|';See possible answers