A Moment For Reflection…
While this is a personal blog, I try to keep it focused on either technical topics or personal development and...
2016-05-25
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The Scary DBA
On the Buckeye Blitz!
In just a few weeks I’ll be doing the Buckeye Blitz. That is, a tour of user groups in Ohio...
2016-05-24
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PASS Board 2016: Update #3
I didn’t post an update last month, but I did do something more important: I elicited your feedback on a question...
2016-05-23
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Query Store, Forced Plans, and New Plans
I love questions. I recently received one about new plans in the Query Store (available in Azure SQL Database now and in...
2016-05-23 (first published: 2016-05-16)
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Use The Correct Data Type
Blog post #5 in support of Tim Ford’s (b|t) #iwanttohelp, #entrylevel. Read about it here.
Saying that you should use the...
2016-05-18 (first published: 2016-05-12)
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Implicit Conversion and Performance
Letting SQL Server change data types automatically can seriously impact performance in a negative way. Because a calculation has to be run...
2016-05-03
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How to Convince the Boss to Send You to PASS Summit
August two years ago I originally posted, Make the PASS Summit Work for Your Employer. After conversations at several SQL...
2016-05-02
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Customizing Your Azure Portal
Not all of us are going to use Azure in the same way. That’s just common sense. Therefore, not all...
2016-04-27
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Microsoft’s Commitment to Azure
For several years, many of us who were involved with working in Azure from the early days, were concerned that...
2016-04-21
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Payment and the Board
If you read the March PASS Board meeting minutes, you saw that there was a discussion around board members and...
2016-04-20
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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...
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Renaming a Database
If I want to rename the OldSales database to ArchiveSales, how can I do this? (choose 2)
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