Blog Posts

Running SQL Server in Docker Swarm

• by Andrew Pruski

• The DBA Who Came In From The Cold

I haven’t touched Docker Swarm for a looooong time but I was asked about running SQL Server in Swarm at a conference a while back…so here’s how it can...

2023-07-26

Which Schema is Queried First?–#SQLNewBlogger

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

I had to test something for a customer, and as a part of this there as a need to have a different default schema for a user. I wrote...

2023-07-26

100 Blog Posts Milestone

• by gbargsley

• GarryBargsley

Good morning dear reader, Long time no talk. It has been a jam-packed and chaotic first half of 2023 for my family and me. The first quarter of the...

2023-07-25

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SQL Agent job history on a Managed Instance

• by Kenneth Fisher

• SQLStudies

The defaults for saving SQL Agent Job history are ok (at best), so you should probably check and update them ... Continue reading

2023-07-25

Test Restore Your SQL Server Databases

• by Kevin3NF

• Dallas DBAs

Pain Point: Something bad happened and you need to restore a SQL Server database. Pain Point you didn’t know you had: The backup files are all corrupt due a...

2023-07-25

A Security Change with SQL Compare 15

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

Actually, this is a change for many products and software that connects to SQL Server. Updated drivers require us to now decide to trust the server certificate. I opened...

2023-07-24

Early Bird Pricing for the Data Community Summit Ends Jul 26

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

The early bird pricing for the PASS Data Community Summit ends this week, on Jul 26. After that, there is a bump, so let you boss know this is...

2023-07-24

Options for Data Source Credentials When A Service Principle Owns A Power BI Dataset

• by Angela-Henry

• SQL Swimmer

In today’s world of wanting to automate everything, specifically, automating your CI/CD process for your Power BI datasets and dataset refreshes, you need to understand your options when it...

2023-07-24

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..And The New Adventure Has Begun

• by Angela-Henry

• SQL Swimmer

I am so happy to announce that I have joined the team at Fortified Data. I have just completed my first week (well, four days) and I feel like...

2023-07-23

SQLSat Baton Rouge 2023!

• by Will Assaf

• SQL Tact

Looking forward to #jambalaya at #SQLSatBR on July 29! Register today: sqlsatbr.comI hope to see as many people as possible that weekend, I'll be there at the Friday night...

2023-07-22 (first published: 2023-07-21)