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Keep an eye on those Audit files!
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday (#71) is hosted by Sebastian Meine (b/t). He has picked an interesting security subject. SQL Server Audits. Fortunately this is one I have a bit of experience with. It’s one...
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Intro to Reading Event_File Target Data
Having covered the metadata for a deployed session from just about every angle (yes there is more on metadata that could be discussed, has not yet been discussed, and that I am not planning on covering...
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Enabling Data Compression – October 2015 Update
It’s been about a year and a half since I last posted an update to my script that scans databases for objects to compress and, optionally, compresses them. This time around, I’ve just incorporated a...
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Counting NULLs and sub-sets of data
Quick Tip: Counting NULLs and sub-sets of dataYou have been asked to produce a chart which will visualize a few data points.Total work orders.Total closed work orders (work orders with EndDate...
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Dynamically Read event_file Data
In the previous article I covered the basics on extracting the payload for the events in a session from the event_file target. That article was a basic introduction.In this article I want to take that...
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New SSDT Projects default to the latest version of SQL Server
When you create a new SSDT project it is created (at the moment) as a SQL Server 2014 project which is annoying when you are on something else.However, if after you have created the project you import...
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Help Keep PASS Summit Awesome for Everyone
Earlier this week I saw this post from Chris Webb (blog | @technitrain) regarding a session he is delivering at the upcoming PASS Summit. When I read the abstract there was one section that jumped out...
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“That little green arrow.” or “My code used to work but now I’m getting a...
If you’ve worked with SSMS for any length of time this will look awfully familiar:SSMS 2008R2SSMS 2012 +This little green arrow turns on the Transact-SQL Debugger. I have to wonder how this feature is...
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Better Practices for Reading Event_file Targets
I have demonstrated over the past couple of articles the basics involved with reading the event_file target along with a more advanced technique.In each of those articles I outlined some problems that...
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Copying data from Azure Blob Storage
In a previous blog I talked about copying on-prem data to Azure Blob Storage (Getting data into Azure Blob Storage). Let’s say you have copied the data and it is sitting in Azure Blob Storage (or an...
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Dir2Dac and github2dacpac - create dacpacs from script folders or the internet
I like writing go (golang not the batch separator) and one of the things that I like is that if you want to use something from github you literally type "go get https://github.com/user/repo" and the...
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Reading Session Data from Memory
In the last few articles I took you through a progression of working with the event_file target from the most basic concepts on through the more advanced. While working with the event_file target, I...
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Oracle Unbreakable Linux installation fails on Hyper-V Generation 2 Virtual...
Have you been attempting (and failing) to install Oracle Unbreakable Linux as a Virtual Machine under Hyper-V and cannot figure out what is wrong?If you are receiving the following message: Boot...
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020 – A Foolish Decision - WaterOx Consulting
Making Foolish Decisions In WOxPod!, episode # 020– “A Foolish Decision” I...The post 020 – A Foolish Decision appeared first on WaterOx Consulting.
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Jen’s PASS Diary: I need input from you!
As always, I don’t speak officially for PASS. Here are a few notes about what I’ve been doing. However, this is an effort to be more transparent, and open about what I am actually doing. I’d also like...
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Recommended reading from mrdenny for October 16, 2015
This week I’ve found some great things for you to read. These are a few of my favorites that I’ve found this week.PASS Elections: Fuzzy MathGetting data into Azure Blob StorageIdera Intends to Buy...
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Working with “special” names
What do you do when you need to use a special character in a name? Well, I guess I should define what I mean by special first. Special characters are any non-alphanumeric character, so &#!~\/ etc,...
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Know Before You GO – Target Settings
The last few articles have covered various topics for the event_file and ring_buffer target. The topics range from basic queries in how to extract the session data on up through best practices. The fun...
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Loading English LiDAR Open Data Into Excel And Power Map Using Power Query
…or, if you want the clickbait title of this post, “Creating cool Minecraft-type landscapes in Power Map”…I’m a big fan of Owen Boswarva’s UK open data blog, and yesterday this post on English LiDAR...
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Time Series Algorithms in SQL Server
This is the fourth article on data mining series. The below are the previous articles in this series.Shopping Basket Analysis in SQL ServerUsing Decision Trees in SQL ServerData Mining Cluster Analysis...
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