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)
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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
1,429 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
1,198 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)
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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
594 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)
2,821 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
484 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
394 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
425 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
456 reads
Blogs
Regression Testing: DAX User Defined Functions
User Defined Functions is a new feature in PowerBI currently in public preview. There...
The fundamental requirements of a reporting system
By ChrisJenkins
There are some fundamental boxes that your reporting system must tick. ✅ The figures...
Seeing the Bigger Picture: How A Monitoring Tool Changed My Approach to Estate Management
By Chris Yates
When it comes to managing complex database environments, having the right monitoring solution is...
Forums
SQL MI Next-gen general purpose tier
Has anyone used Azure SQL MI on the next-gen general purpose tier, Microsoft documentation...
Create an HTML Report on the Status of SQL Server Agent Jobs
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The Last Good DBCC Run
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Question of the Day
The Last Good DBCC Run
I want to check when DBCC CHECKDB was last run on my Baseball database. What code should I use?
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