Monthly Archives: October 2017

DevOps Basics – Ignoring Files in Git

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. This is also a part of a basic series on git and how to use it. One of the … Continue reading

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Prepping for Summit 2017

It’s about time for the PASS 2017 Summit. The event essentially starts on Monday with pre-cons and the unofficial networking dinner. Be sure you RSVP and come to the dinner if you don’t have plans. The official event is Many … Continue reading

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Physical or Virtual Storage

When I started working with SQL Server, every server had what we’d call das-dee, or DASD (Direct Attached Storage Devices). These were hard drives inside the same physical case as the rest of the Windows computer. I’ve added lots of … Continue reading

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Unstructured Data

Is unstructured data a bad term? I saw some data professionals complaining about this, saying all data is structured. That’s usually true. A CSV, even a ragged one has structure. XML and JSON have structure, even if it might vary … Continue reading

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