Database Deployment with Terraform - The Basics (2022-08-26)

SQLServerCentral Newsletter for August 26, 2022 Problems displaying this newsletter? [View online](. [SQL Server Central]( Featured Contents - [Database Deployment with Terraform - The Basics]( - [Getting Started with Python Pandas and Dataset Profiling]( - [Performance Testing Databases with Flyway and PowerShell]( - [From the SQL Server Central Blogs - T-SQL Tuesday 153: The conference that changed everything]( - [From the SQL Server Central Blogs - T-SQL Tuesday #153: The Thing That Changed Everything for Me – SQLFamily]( Question of the Day - [Clearing Session Cache]( The Voice of the DBA  Daily Coping Tip Donate unused items, clothes, or food. I also have [a thread at SQLServerCentral]( dealing with coping mechanisms and resources. Feel free to participate. For many of you out there working in a new way, I'm including a thought of the day on how to cope in this challenging time from [The Action for Happiness Coping Calendar](. My items will be on [my blog](, feel free to share yours. What's Your Approach? Today we have a guest editorial as Steve is on vacation. This was originally published on 8 Aug 2017. Recently, I came across one of Richard Branson’s quotes on work commitments. “If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes – then learn how to do it later!” This reminded me of a few project managers, who did commit to certain deliverables to the stake holders, without discussing with the technical team (clearly they didn’t know what was possible and how much time it would take). Results, most of them fell flat on their faces, with some losing their positions in the organisations. However, there were a couple, who were able to deliver within the time and budget constraints. Though they faced a lot of stressful situations, they managed to gear up the teams to see their vision and deliver it. Then, on the other hand, I have worked with very cautious Project Managers, analyst by nature, who took facts in consideration, before committing to a deliverable and deadline. No doubt, they succeeded most of the times, but they always took longer to commit; and were not very much liked by the stake holders. So broadly speaking, there are 2 types of approaches: - CUD - Commit, Understand and Deliver - UCD - Understand, Commit and Deliver Of course, there is a third approach - paralysis of analysis, but let’s ignore it for now. Personally, I feel my approach is UCD. I cannot justify committing to something, which I am not sure how I would deliver. Committing before understanding, to me, seems like lying. However, after reading about Richard Branson’s quote; and all his achievements, it made me wonder, if my approach (or attitude) was actually restricting my overall successes. Shouldn’t the life be about taking higher risks for higher gains?  Or is honesty still the best policy, when it comes to such commitments ? Where do you stand? What’s your approach to work commitments? nitinbhojwani [Join the debate, and respond to today's editorial on the forums](   Featured Contents [SQLServerCentral Article]( [Database Deployment with Terraform - The Basics]( wagner crivelini from SQLServerCentral Learn the basics of using Terraform to declaratively specify how to configure resources in infrastructure. [External Article]( [Getting Started with Python Pandas and Dataset Profiling]( Additional Articles from MSSQLTips.com This article will focus on reading and profiling data with the pandas package when using Python as well as show how to build charts based on this data. [External Article]( [Performance Testing Databases with Flyway and PowerShell]( Additional Articles from Redgate Performance tests are central to the quality of the database changes we deliver because they ensure that any business process that accesses the database continues to return its results in an acceptable time. When Flyway creates a new version of the database, it is the ideal time to run these performance checks. [Blog Post]( From the SQL Server Central Blogs - [T-SQL Tuesday 153: The conference that changed everything]( Diligentdba 46159 from Mala's Data Blog This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by my dear friend Kevin Kline (b | t) . Kevin’s call is for us to ‘Tell us the story of how attending an IT conference or... [Blog Post]( From the SQL Server Central Blogs - [T-SQL Tuesday #153: The Thing That Changed Everything for Me – SQLFamily]( Tracy Boggiano from Database Superhero’s Blog Kevin Kline (b | t) is hosting T-SQL Tuesday this month and it is to “Tell us the story of how attending an IT conference or event The post T-SQL Tuesday #153:...   Question of the Day Today's question (by Steve Jones - SSC Editor):  Clearing Session Cache What does DBCC FREESESSIONCACHE do? Think you know the answer? [Click here]( and find out if you are right.    Yesterday's Question of the Day (by Steve Jones - SSC Editor) Operator Precedence What is the proper order of precedence (high to low) for these operators? Answer: ~, *, ^. NOT Explanation: The order of these operators is: - ~ (bitwise NOT) - * (multiplication) - ^ (Bitwise XOR) - NOT Ref: Operator Precedence - [Discuss this question and answer on the forums](    Database Pros Who Need Your Help Here's a few of the new posts today on the forums. 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