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SQL Database Administrator/Developer. Background in developing OLTP/document based databases, SQLXML and performance tuning with an unhealthy fascination for the SQL query optimiser!

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Basic RegEx in SSMS

Have you ever had that moment where you have gone "Geez.. I wish I'd learnt this stuff ages ago" after...

2014-02-04 (first published: )

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And that is 2013

I’ve been blogging for a couple of years now and although I’ve never been a prolific blogger (and never will!),...

2013-12-23

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Attacking the Weakest Link

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When I look at a system and think about its security model, the first...

Webinar – Microsoft Fabric for Dummies

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On Wednesday May 15th 2024 I will give a free webinar on MSSQLTips.com about...

Migrate datetime data to datetimeoffset with AT TIME ZONE

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I recently reviewed, worked on, and added a similar example to the DATETIMEOFFSET Microsoft...

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Question of the Day

The Backup File Extension

I run this command in SQL Server 2022. What is the extension of the backup file?

BACKUP DATABASE HerdofTwo TO DISK = 'HerdOfTwo_20240501'

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