Performance Data Gathering
As a DBA, one of the things I struggled with was gathering all my important system information in one place,...
2009-10-09
772 reads
Allen White
- Interests: Running, Theatre, Flying, SQL Server
[Tagged] Anatomy of a Geek
I got tagged by my buddy Michael Coles, aka Sergeant SQL to talk about how I "became" a geek. (I...
2009-10-05
346 reads
ADO.NET in PowerShell
I've had to rework some logic for gathering database information in my serverstatus.ps1 script, because SMO doesn't exactly do things...
2009-09-22
740 reads
Browse and Script
One of the cool features of the SQL Server PowerShell snapins is the the ability to browse SQL Server as...
2009-09-16
427 reads
Use the Best Tool for the Task - Part 2
Yesterday I posted about how Transact-SQL was better suited than SMO for gathering details about database files for a database...
2009-09-03
391 reads
Use the Best Tool for the Task
Last February I wrote an article for Simple-Talk called Let PowerShell do an Inventory of your Servers . This script was...
2009-09-02
357 reads
24 Hours of PASS Tonight
For those of you who may have missed it, the 24 Hours of PASS conference starts tonight at 8pm EDT!...
2009-09-01
423 reads
A Couple of Invoke-SQLCMD Issues
In working on a PowerShell script to load data into SQL Server, I decided to use the Invoke-SQLCMD cmdlet included...
2009-08-14
622 reads
User Group Presentation: Essential Database Management - Top Ten Recommendations
In the August 13th 2009 meeting of the Ohio North SQL Server Users Group (ONSSUG), Paul Randal and his wife...
2009-08-07
327 reads
The Basic Truths about Data
In reviewing database development best practices recently I'm reminded of an attitude I've found prevalent in many development shops, that...
2009-08-03
395 reads
Blogs
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
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What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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