SQL Server 2008 end of support
2018 is about to end. In the case you didn't know or haven't heard, the extended support for SQL Server...
2018-12-21
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SQL Server 2008 end of support
2018 is about to end. In the case you didn't know or haven't heard, the extended support for SQL Server 2008 (and R2) reaches to an end in 2019.
This...
2018-12-21
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Tools to connect to a SQL database
Today I'm getting back to basics, whether you are new or veteran with the database engine you need a tool to get into, write queries, do some monitoring, tuning,...
2018-06-28
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Tools to connect to a SQL database
Today I'm getting back to basics, whether you are new or veteran with the database engine you need a tool...
2018-06-27
1,212 reads
WSFC Lost Quorum votes due to network problem
Problem:
Early in the morning I received emails requesting for support as the applications were failing to connect to one of...
2018-06-18 (first published: 2018-06-05)
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WSFC Lost Quorum votes due to network problem
Problem:
Early in the morning I received emails requesting for support as the applications were failing to connect to one of the production servers that are configured with Always On,...
2018-06-05
29 reads
Script to review replications
This script is from my library and I use it to review what is going on with my transactional replications,...
2018-04-18
412 reads
Script to review replications
This script is from my library and I use it to review what is going on with my transactional replications, try to remove statements that didn't get purged for...
2018-04-18
15 reads
Offline installation of SQL Server 2017 on Linux
SQL Server is now compatible with different Linux distributions, and there is a lot of excitement about it.
How ever one of the main questions when ever you say SQL...
2018-03-01
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Offline installation of SQL Server 2017 on Linux
SQL Server is now compatible with different Linux distributions, and there is a lot of excitement about it.How ever one...
2018-02-28
4,156 reads
Blogs
Down the Rabbit Hole: Dealing with Ad-Hoc Data Requests
By Rayis Imayev
"But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked."Oh, you can’t help...
Adding a Local Model to Ollama through the GUI
By Steve Jones
I saw some good reviews of the small gemma3 model in a few places...
Connect resiliently to SQL Server
Why you should connect resiliently to SQL Server Transient failures happen — in the cloud...
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Powershell extract
$server = "YourServer" $db = "YourDatabase" $sqlFile = "C:\path\query.sql" $outFile = "C:\path\output.xlsx" # Run...
Powershell extract
$server = "YourServer" $db = "YourDatabase" $sqlFile = "C:\path\query.sql" $outFile = "C:\path\output.xlsx" # Run...
Some query values change when query is run but not others. Why?
Hi everyone I have a 1000 line SQL query that is too long to...