dbatools v1.0? It’s available – Check it out!
Dear reader, before continue please open a PowerShell console and run the following command: If you are doing this on the date of this blog post, you have just...
2019-06-19
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dbatools v1.0? It's available - Check it out!
Dear reader, before continue please open a PowerShell console and run the following command:
Install-Module -Name dbatools If you are doing this on the date of this blog post, you...
2019-06-19
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“Ups…I have deleted some data. Can you put it back?” – dbatools for the rescue
Few days ago I received a request to restore a dozen of tables because someone have deleted more data than it was supposed. I immediately thought about dbatools for...
2019-06-04 (first published: 2019-05-17)
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Scripting SQL Server objects with dbatools – Beyond default options
Probably you had the need to script out some objects from a SQL Server instance/database and this is quite easy. You just need to right click on the object...
2019-05-29 (first published: 2019-05-15)
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Access is denied – Using DTCPing utility between two Windows Server 2016
Few days ago a client requested the configuration of MSDTC (Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator). NOTE: If you want to know more about it here is a nice FAQ from...
2019-05-21 (first published: 2019-05-10)
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'Ups...I have deleted some data. Can you put it back?' - dbatools for the rescue
Few days ago I received a request to restore a dozen of tables because someone have deleted more data than it was supposed. I immediately thought about dbatools for...
2019-05-17
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SSMS GUI not working? Try to use T-SQL!
One of the good things, when we have new clients, is that sometimes they have needs that you never heard before. This does not necessarily mean that they are...
2019-04-11 (first published: 2019-03-29)
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SQL Server Operations Studio and VSCode: The wrong default datetimeoffset format
This post is to answer the question: “You are used to seeing in the format of yyyy-MM-dd right?” that I...
2018-09-12
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Triggers: The hidden logic that will strike back - TSQL Tuesday #106
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is brought by Steve Jones (b | t) and he wants to know if triggers causes headaches or happiness to us.
This is the 106nd edition...
2018-09-11
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Triggers: The hidden logic that will strike back – TSQL Tuesday #106
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is brought by Steve Jones (b | t) and he wants to know if triggers causes headaches...
2018-09-11
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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