Mark Verbaas

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Microsoft

Three is a charm

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Today I passed my third exam in a row. I’m now Azure Fundamentals Certified!

View column definition

3 minute read

This week I was discussing a pull request from my co-worker Arthur (T), and I was nitpicking on something that probably has to with personal preference of wr...

Implicit vs Explicit transactions

2 minute read

Recently I was reminded about a query tuning technique that I have learned some time ago. I would to share it with everyone so it can also benefit you.

Check constraint is changed on creation

2 minute read

Today I performed a schema compare between my SQL Database Project and the deployed version of that project. I expected some differences because of various r...

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Azure

Three is a charm

1 minute read

Today I passed my third exam in a row. I’m now Azure Fundamentals Certified!

Implicit vs Explicit transactions

2 minute read

Recently I was reminded about a query tuning technique that I have learned some time ago. I would to share it with everyone so it can also benefit you.

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T-SQL

ServerName

2 minute read

I often use the @@SERVERNAME function to get the ServerInstance that I’m working on in t-SQL queries. Although I have read the warnings from Microsoft many t...

View column definition

3 minute read

This week I was discussing a pull request from my co-worker Arthur (T), and I was nitpicking on something that probably has to with personal preference of wr...

Implicit vs Explicit transactions

2 minute read

Recently I was reminded about a query tuning technique that I have learned some time ago. I would to share it with everyone so it can also benefit you.

Check constraint is changed on creation

2 minute read

Today I performed a schema compare between my SQL Database Project and the deployed version of that project. I expected some differences because of various r...

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Development

Azure DevOps pipeline variable template

4 minute read

This post is about using pipeline variables by using a yml file, knows as a variable template. This is a third method of using variables besides inline or va...

Linting markdown

2 minute read

Recently I was reviewing a pull request from a co-worker and I noticed that the markdown documents included were violating the markdown rules. Me, being a fa...

Bicep unique deployments

1 minute read

This is just a short post to document some knowledge that I gained this week, and I don’t want to loose. Maybe someone else on the big bad Internet will also...

Including tSQLt framework

2 minute read

In this post I want to go over a small improvement which I learned recently. This includes creating a reference to a dacpac instead of including all the code...

Check constraint is changed on creation

2 minute read

Today I performed a schema compare between my SQL Database Project and the deployed version of that project. I expected some differences because of various r...

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VSCode

Winget

4 minute read

Here a very small item for my own convenience, but I hope it is helpful to others too.

PowerShell Module Build in Dev Container

4 minute read

In my earlier post I already mentioned that a next step I want to take is to have the module run in a Dev Container. For the official documentation on what a...

PowerShell Module Build

5 minute read

The last couple of weeks if been playing around with creating a PowerShell module with the goal of automating a build, with the lack of fantasy I called it P...

VS Code 1.68 Git Improvements

2 minute read

Recently Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.68, and somethings in the release notes caught my eye:

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Coding

ServerName

2 minute read

I often use the @@SERVERNAME function to get the ServerInstance that I’m working on in t-SQL queries. Although I have read the warnings from Microsoft many t...

Winget

4 minute read

Here a very small item for my own convenience, but I hope it is helpful to others too.

PowerShell Module Build in Dev Container

4 minute read

In my earlier post I already mentioned that a next step I want to take is to have the module run in a Dev Container. For the official documentation on what a...

PowerShell Module Build

5 minute read

The last couple of weeks if been playing around with creating a PowerShell module with the goal of automating a build, with the lack of fantasy I called it P...

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Certification

Three is a charm

1 minute read

Today I passed my third exam in a row. I’m now Azure Fundamentals Certified!

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SQL

View column definition

3 minute read

This week I was discussing a pull request from my co-worker Arthur (T), and I was nitpicking on something that probably has to with personal preference of wr...

Implicit vs Explicit transactions

2 minute read

Recently I was reminded about a query tuning technique that I have learned some time ago. I would to share it with everyone so it can also benefit you.

Check constraint is changed on creation

2 minute read

Today I performed a schema compare between my SQL Database Project and the deployed version of that project. I expected some differences because of various r...

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Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps pipeline variable template

4 minute read

This post is about using pipeline variables by using a yml file, knows as a variable template. This is a third method of using variables besides inline or va...

Linting markdown

2 minute read

Recently I was reviewing a pull request from a co-worker and I noticed that the markdown documents included were violating the markdown rules. Me, being a fa...

Bicep unique deployments

1 minute read

This is just a short post to document some knowledge that I gained this week, and I don’t want to loose. Maybe someone else on the big bad Internet will also...

Azure DevOps Pull Request Suggestions

1 minute read

This week I finally found out how to do suggestions in Azure DevOps Repos Pull Requests. After using Azure DevOps for the last year and only now founding out...

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PowerShell

Winget

4 minute read

Here a very small item for my own convenience, but I hope it is helpful to others too.

PowerShell Module Build in Dev Container

4 minute read

In my earlier post I already mentioned that a next step I want to take is to have the module run in a Dev Container. For the official documentation on what a...

PowerShell Module Build

5 minute read

The last couple of weeks if been playing around with creating a PowerShell module with the goal of automating a build, with the lack of fantasy I called it P...

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DP-900

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Data

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DP-300

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DACPAC

Check constraint is changed on creation

2 minute read

Today I performed a schema compare between my SQL Database Project and the deployed version of that project. I expected some differences because of various r...

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T-SQL Tuesday

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Pull Requests

Azure DevOps Pull Request Suggestions

1 minute read

This week I finally found out how to do suggestions in Azure DevOps Repos Pull Requests. After using Azure DevOps for the last year and only now founding out...

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git

VS Code 1.68 Git Improvements

2 minute read

Recently Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.68, and somethings in the release notes caught my eye:

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branch

VS Code 1.68 Git Improvements

2 minute read

Recently Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.68, and somethings in the release notes caught my eye:

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improvements

VS Code 1.68 Git Improvements

2 minute read

Recently Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.68, and somethings in the release notes caught my eye:

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ScriptAnalyzer

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Static Analysis

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Build

PowerShell Module Build

5 minute read

The last couple of weeks if been playing around with creating a PowerShell module with the goal of automating a build, with the lack of fantasy I called it P...

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Docker

PowerShell Module Build in Dev Container

4 minute read

In my earlier post I already mentioned that a next step I want to take is to have the module run in a Dev Container. For the official documentation on what a...

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Winget

Winget

4 minute read

Here a very small item for my own convenience, but I hope it is helpful to others too.

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SQL Server

ServerName

2 minute read

I often use the @@SERVERNAME function to get the ServerInstance that I’m working on in t-SQL queries. Although I have read the warnings from Microsoft many t...

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AZ-900

Three is a charm

1 minute read

Today I passed my third exam in a row. I’m now Azure Fundamentals Certified!

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Fundamentals

Three is a charm

1 minute read

Today I passed my third exam in a row. I’m now Azure Fundamentals Certified!

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Database

Including tSQLt framework

2 minute read

In this post I want to go over a small improvement which I learned recently. This includes creating a reference to a dacpac instead of including all the code...

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tSQLt

Including tSQLt framework

2 minute read

In this post I want to go over a small improvement which I learned recently. This includes creating a reference to a dacpac instead of including all the code...

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Bicep

Bicep unique deployments

1 minute read

This is just a short post to document some knowledge that I gained this week, and I don’t want to loose. Maybe someone else on the big bad Internet will also...

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IaC

Bicep unique deployments

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This is just a short post to document some knowledge that I gained this week, and I don’t want to loose. Maybe someone else on the big bad Internet will also...

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Infrastructure

Bicep unique deployments

1 minute read

This is just a short post to document some knowledge that I gained this week, and I don’t want to loose. Maybe someone else on the big bad Internet will also...

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markdown

Linting markdown

2 minute read

Recently I was reviewing a pull request from a co-worker and I noticed that the markdown documents included were violating the markdown rules. Me, being a fa...

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linting

Linting markdown

2 minute read

Recently I was reviewing a pull request from a co-worker and I noticed that the markdown documents included were violating the markdown rules. Me, being a fa...

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variables

Azure DevOps pipeline variable template

4 minute read

This post is about using pipeline variables by using a yml file, knows as a variable template. This is a third method of using variables besides inline or va...

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yaml

Azure DevOps pipeline variable template

4 minute read

This post is about using pipeline variables by using a yml file, knows as a variable template. This is a third method of using variables besides inline or va...

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