Who did what to my database and when…
One of the most popular questions on forums / SO etc is, “How can i find out who dropped a table,...
2016-08-30 (first published: 2016-08-22)
2,818 reads
Dave Ballantyne
Why is creating excel sheets from SSIS so hard ?
If there is one process that should be simpler than it is out of the box, it is creating Excel...
2016-06-17
1,425 reads
.Net 4.6.1 and MultiSubnetFailover
Im not a big clustering/HA expert, but I obviously understand the need for such things to exist
However, the standard...
2016-03-24
1,184 reads
A journey to a movie recommender in U-SQL
I haven’t gotten to involved in the whole “Big Data” movement to much, I’ve kept an arms length watch and...
2016-03-23 (first published: 2016-03-20)
1,861 reads
A first look at SQL Server 2016–String_split
I’ve been developing T-SQL for about 20 years now and almost since day one there has been functionality that , IMO,...
2016-03-13
588 reads
My favourite wait state– ASYNC_NETWORK_IO
Sometimes it does feel that a problem is a database problem until proven otherwise. When this does occur I have...
2016-03-03 (first published: 2016-02-28)
2,819 reads
SQL Saturday 496 Exeter – PreCon Agenda
Hi
Unfortunately due to matters outside of my control, SQL Saturday 502 in Edinburgh has been cancelled, I would like...
2016-02-14
482 reads
SQL From South West to Scotland : SQLSaturdays #496 & #502
I’m happy, honoured and humbled to be able to say that I will be presenting pre-cons and both SQL Saturday...
2016-01-17
390 reads
A first look at Redgate Reference Data Manager
Over the past few years one of the big drives and innovations in the SQL Server world, has been to bring...
2016-01-05
423 reads
SQL Saturday 467 - Precon - Query processing and internals
Im not doing a tremendous amount of public speaking this year and concentrating on more professional matters, however im pleased...
2015-10-04
451 reads
Blogs
CHOOSE’ing a Beer: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
We recently published an article on CHOOSE at SQL Server Central. I thought it...
Don’t Treat Your Data Catalog Like a Data Museum
Introduction Treating your data catalog like a “data museum”—a static collection where information quietly...
The trade-offs associated with low-code solutions
Low-code solutions often accelerate development and make tasks accessible to people who can’t or...
Forums
DbaTools With Powershell - Omit The Id Column on CSV Export?
I am learning DbaTools in Powershell, and my current project is exporting a CSV...
SSIS - ADO Source Datetime Issue
I'm using an ADO Net Source to extract data and running into an issue...
Cummulative Total
Hi I have below query and i want Cummulative Total . Total should be...
Question of the Day
Replacing a Null
What is returned from this code in SQL Server 2022?
DECLARE @value INT = NULL; SELECT ISNULL(@value, 100.5) AS Result;See possible answers