Cláudio Silva

I work as Data Platform Architect.
I love performance tuning and I'm also a PowerShell lover who automates any process that needs to be done more than a couple of times.
I contribute to open-source PowerShell modules such as dbatools and dbachecks.

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dbatools - Exceptions

Who doesn’t like a good red and verbose exception? At PowerShell community we often call it a “sea of red” which we found as something that can be intimidating....

2022-06-27 (first published: )

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dbatools - Rich Datatypes

Some datatypes can be shown in so many different forms (think measurament units, dates with short/long forms, or regional settings) that can be difficult to have a standard. What...

2022-06-13 (first published: )

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SSRS: An error occurred during local report processing. The definition of ...

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Question of the Day

Getting the Updated Column List

What happens when I run this code in SQL Server 2022?

UPDATE dbo.CustomerLarge
 SET CustomerContactFirstName = 'Andy'
 WHERE CustomerID = 1

SELECT COLUMNS_UPDATED()

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