2023-02-22 (first published: 2023-02-14)
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Carolyn Richardson
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Reporting Services Makes Server Support Easier
Reporting Services is one of the most widely used subsystems in SQL Server and there have been some very creative solutions invented by DBAs around the world. New author Carolyn Richardson is one of those, bringing us a implementation that tracks uptime and disk space for her SQL Servers
2017-08-18 (first published: 2007-03-12)
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Generate Deadlock Summary Information
This article will show you how to extract a summary of tables affected by deadlocks.
2016-12-13
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Script out all alerts
Sometimes you want to copy all the alerts that you've got set up on one server to add them to another
2016-04-06 (first published: 2014-05-13)
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2011-08-18 (first published: 2011-08-04)
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Allow distributed transactions
SQL Script to Open DTC for distributed transactions and also configure SQL Server for Distributed Transactions.
2011-08-12 (first published: 2011-08-03)
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Using SSIS to zip files and email the zipped files
I have often needed a means to send zipped files via email. This article shows one method to do just this.
2010-01-01 (first published: 2008-09-22)
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What do you do with a new SQL Server?
This article highlights some basic steps to take when you have a new install of SQL Server or take over support of existing databases.
2008-06-12
7,803 reads
Using Reporting Services to Search the SQL Server Log
A unique solution that allows Reporting Services to easily publish information from your SQL Server Error logs.
2008-05-06
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UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
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