Monthly Archives: September 2017

I Will Write Bad Code

Posted on September 14, 2017 by way0utwest

I’ll write bad code. I know it will happen. I’ll produce a bad query, incorrect logic, or the wrong data transformation being returned. This won’t be a malicious act. It might be because of ignorance, or perhaps just a simple … Continue reading →

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A Backup Change

Posted on September 13, 2017 by way0utwest

Backups are a fundamental skill for most DBAs, and hopefully, for most technology professionals. For developers, I’d hope that most of you use some sort of version control, and that you back up your VCS database. I actually had someone … Continue reading →

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Data Governance Survey–Still Time

Posted on September 13, 2017 by way0utwest

Just a reminder. Redgate is doing research into data governance, and we have a small survey we’d love to get some answers to about how you view the process inside your company. Take the Survey and be entered to win … Continue reading →

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Remove an Active Lease on a Blob in Azure

Posted on September 12, 2017 by way0utwest

I was creating and dropping VMs in Azure, and found myself charged money for disks that I thought I’d deleted. I found later that deleting a VM doesn’t necessarily remove the disk blob. Here was one way that I removed … Continue reading →

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