Find your Enabled SQL Server Network Protocols Using PowerShell
Another quick check I like to do when in 'discovery mode' on a client system is to see what network...
2011-05-21
2,056 reads
Allen White
- Interests: Running, Theatre, Flying, SQL Server
Quickly Find Your DDL Triggers with PowerShell
As a consultant I spend much of the first day or two at a client site discovering everything I can...
2011-05-20
1,311 reads
Change SQL Servers Authentication Mode with PowerShell
Lately I've been working on scripts to check and set security and configuration settings for SQL Server using PowerShell. One...
2011-05-19
5,779 reads
PASS Summit Session Selection is Open
This year the Program Committee decided to open up the selection process to the community. I'm anxious to see how...
2011-05-11
849 reads
Don't Do This
In working on applications at client sites you tend to come across code that makes you think "what were they...
2010-06-25
904 reads
PowerShell Script to Remove Old Backups
A Twitter user asked for a script to remove old backups, and I had one I built back in February,...
2010-06-24
1,124 reads
Lots of Speaking Engagements Coming Up
SQL Saturday - Columbus, OH, June 26, 2010 I'll be presenting two sessions this Saturday (June 26, 2010) in Columbus, OH...
2010-06-23
625 reads
TechEd 2010 Followup
Last week I presented a couple of sessions at Tech Ed NA in New Orleans. It was a great experience,...
2010-06-13
733 reads
Service Broker Solutions - Don't Forget the Basics
After finally getting a Service Broker solution implemented successfully, I'm really impressed with the technology, and frustrated how difficult it...
2010-04-03
897 reads
Document, Document, Document
A while back I blogged about using Checklists , but there's another task you want to incorporate into your workflow - documentation....
2010-03-13
1,202 reads
Blogs
When the Internet Stumbles: Lessons from Cloudflare & Azure Front Door Outages
By John
Recently, the world was reminded of just how fragile the internet can be. Two...
Prepping for Certification, Part 4 of 4
By Brian Kelley
In Parts 1-3, I covered how I prepare for a certification exam. In this...
Flyway Tips: Automation Assistance in Flyway Desktop
By Steve Jones
I was chatting with the product managers at Flyway and one asked me whether...
Forums
what are the downsides of TDE not running vs running?
hi for the 2 years i've been here I believe we've had "encryption" turned...
Help! MEMORY_ALLOCATION_EXT wait stalls
Hi I have an overnight process that moves allot of claims records Been working...
Unlocking Data Transformation: My journey with dbt (Data Build Tool) on SQL Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Unlocking Data Transformation: My journey...
Question of the Day
Putting the Player with the Number
In SQL Server 2025, what does this return?
DECLARE @player varchar(20) = 'Bo Nix', @num VARCHAR = '10' SELECT @player || @numSee possible answers