a DBA expanding into DevOps and Developmenthttps://sqlmac.com/https://sqlmac.com/blog/2018-year-end/https://sqlmac.com/blog/2018-year-end/It's Thanksgiving Day and before we know it, Christmas and the New Year will be here. Unfortunately, 2018 didn't go as planned and was a tou...Thu, 22 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/2020-hot-mess/https://sqlmac.com/blog/2020-hot-mess/2022 was a whirlwind of changes, a total hot mess if you ask me. I had high hopes for it to be better than 2020, but boy was I wrong. So muc...Fri, 22 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/pass--2024/https://sqlmac.com/blog/pass--2024/Going Back to the PASS Data Summit For the second time this year, I'm heading to Seattle. PASS starts next week, and I'm excited to spend a...Wed, 30 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/blogging-perspective/https://sqlmac.com/blog/blogging-perspective/It has been a long time since I've sat down to write a blog post. Then again, it has been a long time since I have done anything with this b...Thu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/cloud-computing/https://sqlmac.com/blog/cloud-computing/We've all chuckled at the meme claiming the cloud is just someone else's computer, or that folks don't get the cloud. But truth is, we've al...Wed, 13 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/corruption/https://sqlmac.com/blog/corruption/Check multiple databases quickly If you work or have worked, in a shop with lots of SQL servers then you either have, or will, experience a...Sun, 16 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/cyncial/https://sqlmac.com/blog/cyncial/So many things... Looks like the past couple of years have really taken a toll on me, especially the last four. When we made the move fro...Tue, 28 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/database-administration/https://sqlmac.com/blog/database-administration/The Future of DBAs I was looking around the web for information regarding DBAs in the cloud era, when I came across Steve Jones's recent blo...Thu, 12 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/datetime/https://sqlmac.com/blog/datetime/I came across an article on written by Claudio Silva (/) discussing that you can't do arithmetic operations on DateTime2 like you can with ...Fri, 20 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/dbatools/https://sqlmac.com/blog/dbatools/I don't know why I am slow to take up new tools, but I am. I recently, like back in December, began working with DBATools. In case you're no...Fri, 20 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/disable-login-kill-spids/https://sqlmac.com/blog/disable-login-kill-spids/Kill the SPIDs Recently came across a situation where reporting logins were interfering with nightly jobs due to blocking. After a number o...Tue, 25 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/end-of-2021/https://sqlmac.com/blog/end-of-2021/Reflecting on the Past Year This year has been a wild ride, to say the least. I've been crazy busy and seriously overworked. It wasn't until...Wed, 24 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/failover-instance/https://sqlmac.com/blog/failover-instance/Confusion over MS Terms So, I was chatting with a colleague in our IT team about beefing up redundancy for our SQL Servers for the web apps...Mon, 12 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/get-along/https://sqlmac.com/blog/get-along/Not everyone always agrees? Hey there! When you're working with others, it's important to keep in mind that not everyone is always on the s...Fri, 01 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/groupby-ssms-shortcuts/https://sqlmac.com/blog/groupby-ssms-shortcuts/Every so often, you come across game-changing information and most of the time, this type of information costs money. So it is EXTREMELY rar...Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/homelab-journey/https://sqlmac.com/blog/homelab-journey/The homelab journey started like this Last year I bought a Mac Studio to replace my six year old desktop. Originally the desktop started of...Sat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/keeping-up-with-training/https://sqlmac.com/blog/keeping-up-with-training/Training is important Earlier this year, I set out with the goal of enhancing my blogging efforts and diligently maintaining my training co...Tue, 23 May 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/microsoft-linux/https://sqlmac.com/blog/microsoft-linux/Update: Hell is actually freezing over.... So, picture this: the tech world is going through some wild changes, and one of the craziest t...Wed, 26 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/mistakes-happen/https://sqlmac.com/blog/mistakes-happen/Mistakes happen Hey there, so today, it's not that I'm overjoyed it's Friday, but hey, I'm happy about it. Today's a shoutout to the wisdom...Fri, 15 May 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/moving-north/https://sqlmac.com/blog/moving-north/Moving North It's crazy to think that this is my final week in Denver. On Monday, I'm hitting the road solo, bound for northern Wisconsin. ...Wed, 11 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/new-decade/https://sqlmac.com/blog/new-decade/> “The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change”> > > ~ Heraclitus A decade of new challenges The rate of change is always about the same, ...Fri, 17 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/office-conditions/https://sqlmac.com/blog/office-conditions/The Office is Driving Me Insane! So, I've been cooped up in office spaces for what feels like a lifetime - like, two decades long. Cubicles...Thu, 19 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/pass-2024-day1/https://sqlmac.com/blog/pass-2024-day1/PASS Day 1 - PreCon with Brent Ozar If you're not familiar with PASS, Monday and Tuesday are reserved for pre-conference (precon) sessions....Mon, 04 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/pass-2024-day2/https://sqlmac.com/blog/pass-2024-day2/PASS Day 2 - Postgres Fundamentals for SQL folks precon This session was taught by Grant Fritchey and Ryan Booz, which is a great match up....Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/postgres-failovers/https://sqlmac.com/blog/postgres-failovers/Navigating Postgres Failovers: A Casual Office Chat So, this week threw me a curveball—a request to troubleshoot a failed failover on a Pos...Thu, 24 May 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/procedure-vs-technique/https://sqlmac.com/blog/procedure-vs-technique/Procedure vs Technique One of the things I do when I workout, or drive alone, is to listen to podcasts. One of the podcasts I subscribe to ...Tue, 21 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/relationships/https://sqlmac.com/blog/relationships/Relationships Matter I have had a long career in the IT area and I have met all kinds of people during that time. My interest in computers ...Wed, 29 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/replication-error/https://sqlmac.com/blog/replication-error/Don't forget to check permissions Here’s a quick post to remind myself and others, to check ALL of the permissions when working with replic...Tue, 13 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/second-blog-post/https://sqlmac.com/blog/second-blog-post/I need another post It's amazing how time seems to fly, especially between blog posts. I've known I needed to post a blog for a while; I'...Tue, 07 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/sql-sat-584/https://sqlmac.com/blog/sql-sat-584/SQL Saturday Colorado Springs (SQLSat #584) It's been a while since I've attended a SQL Saturday. I think the last one was in 2013 in OKC, ...Sun, 26 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/sql-sat-denver-673/https://sqlmac.com/blog/sql-sat-denver-673/I feel accomplished a bit this year, I've made it to two SQLSaturdays in the same calendar year. This SQLSaturday was put on by the Denver S...Wed, 20 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/sqlsat-913-minn/https://sqlmac.com/blog/sqlsat-913-minn/It’s been a couple of years since I have been able to attend a SQL Saturday. I was grateful I was able to make it this year. This year howev...Sun, 13 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/technical-debt/https://sqlmac.com/blog/technical-debt/Technical Debt Kids, it's 2020. That means it is way past time to stop kicking the can down the road. Most of us in IT have been around lon...Tue, 11 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/trashed-proxmox/https://sqlmac.com/blog/trashed-proxmox/I think I needed that Proxmox volume... I mentioned in a that I have been working on my Homelab and that I use Proxmox to host my Linux Co...Sat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/tsql2sday-101/https://sqlmac.com/blog/tsql2sday-101/The 101st addition to the SQL monthly blog party is being hosted by Jens Vestergaard (b/t). For the topic this month, Jens has asked which t...Tue, 10 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/tsql2sday-learning/https://sqlmac.com/blog/tsql2sday-learning/This month's blog topic for TSQL Tuesday is learning goals in 2018 and is being hosted by Mala Mahadevan (/). Mala has challenged the SQL co...Tue, 12 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/tsqlt2sday-96/https://sqlmac.com/blog/tsqlt2sday-96/I think I’m actually going to make this TSQL Tuesday, it’s the first for me in a while. I kind of have a valid excuse, I left my job at the ...Tue, 14 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/using-getdate/https://sqlmac.com/blog/using-getdate/I have recently been working on tuning a job that purges data out of various tables that are older than 13 months using GetDate(). Pretty st...Tue, 06 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/windows-firewall/https://sqlmac.com/blog/windows-firewall/Damn the windows firewall Automatic seeding is to be the lynchpin on PowerShell script I'm working on and will post about later. The idea w...Tue, 12 May 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://sqlmac.com/blog/working-from-home/https://sqlmac.com/blog/working-from-home/Working from home As a DBA, working from home (WFH) is not a new concept or new experience, I do it a lot. However, this shift to working f...Tue, 24 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT