Cloning SQL Servers to a Test Environment
I’ve been involved in a project to set up a full test environment of dozens of SQL Servers. The requirements...
2012-11-08 (first published: 2012-11-05)
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Chad Miller
Scripting SSIS Package Deployments
Before I delve into the subject of scripting SSIS package deployments, I’m going to take a slight detour and explain...
2012-11-06
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Using Invoke-WebRequest
The website PowershellCommunity.org is moving to a new site poweshell.org and I wasn’t sure the old forum posts will be...
2012-10-26
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Upcoming Fall Events
During September/October I’ll be presenting at several in-person events:
Tampa IT Pro Camp
Join system administrators and IT professionals for the Tampa...
2012-09-09
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South Florida IT Pro Camp 2012 Presentation
Presentation and scripts from my Storing PowerShell Output session at South Florida IT Pro Camp 2012.
2012-07-22
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Jacksonville IT Pro Camp 2012 Presentation
Presentation and scripts from my Integrating SQL Server PBM with SCOM session at Jacksonville IT Pro Camp 2012.
2012-06-19
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Jacksonville IT Pro Camp
Join system administrators and IT professionals for the Jacksonville IT Pro Camp on Saturday, June 16th, 2012.
IT Pro Camps are...
2012-06-03
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Appending New Rows Only
I saw a question in the forums related to inserting new rows into a SQL Server table only if they...
2012-04-27
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Backup Database Object
I saw this question in one of forums on backing up i.e. scripting out a database object. The problem is...
2012-04-17
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Table-Valued Parameter Example
I wanted show someone how to use table-valued parameters available in SQL Server 2008 and higher. The main use case...
2012-04-13
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Blogs
Why Microsoft Fabric Signals the Next Wave of Data Strategy
By Chris Yates
In today’s data-driven economy, organizations are no longer asking if they should invest in...
PostgreSQL Timeline: History and Evolution
By Rohit Garg
PostgreSQL, often referred to as Postgres, is a powerful, open-source object-relational database system that...
Understanding Zonal Redundancy in Azure SQL MI
By Arun Sirpal
Do you know what happens when you enable zonal redundancy for your SQL managed...
Forums
How a Legacy Logic Choked SQL Server in a 30-Year-Old Factory
Comments posted to this topic are about the item How a Legacy Logic Choked...
Am I doing the right thing, and what does this mean?
On one of my database servers, I have a maintenance plan that includes the...
Upgraded VS2019 to version 16.11.49 but I cannot access my original SSIS package
Hi I upgraded to new version of VS2019 to 16.11.49. My original SSIS package...
Question of the Day
The Updated Columns List
I have this table in SQL Server 2022:
CREATE TABLE CustomerLarge (CustomerID INT NOT NULL IDENTITY(1, 1) CONSTRAINT CustomerLargePK PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED , CustomerName VARCHAR(20) , CustomerContactFirstName VARCHAR(40) , CustomerContactLastName VARCHAR(40) , Address VARCHAR(20) , Address2 VARCHAR(20) , City VARCHAR(20) , CountryCode CHAR(3) , Postal VARCHAR(20) ) GOIf I check the columns_updated() function return in a trigger, what is the data returned? See possible answers