Scripting using SMO
I will be delivering a lightning talk at DataMinutes on June 7th on this topic. I thought it would help to write a synopsis of what am going to...
2021-06-06
50 reads
Mala Mahadevan
Data dictionary script
I restarted speaking with New Stars of Data today – I gave a talk on Database documentation. Below is the script I created to pull metadata into an excel...
2021-03-16 (first published: 2021-03-12)
717 reads
Old but not gone…
I am part of a weekly talk show we run at the TriPASS user group, called ‘Shop Talk’. Shop Talk was the brainchild of Kevin Feasel, our key user...
2021-02-25 (first published: 2021-02-22)
381 reads
TSQL Tuesday #134 – Taking a break
This month’s TSQL Tuesday invite is from James McGillivray – he asks people to write about what they were/are doing to take a break during this crisis ridden time...
2021-01-12
18 reads
End of an Era – SQL PASS and Lessons learned
Most of my blog is filled with posts related to PASS in some way. Events, various volunteering opportunities, keynote blogging, this or that…With the demise of the organization, I...
2020-12-31 (first published: 2020-12-22)
526 reads
PASS Summit 2020 – My experience
This was the first year in 16 years for me that there has been a fall season without the PASS Summit to go to. Every year, during the fall,...
2020-11-25 (first published: 2020-11-15)
256 reads
T-SQL Tuesday 132: Coping with a pandemic
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by my good friend and data platform MVP Taiob Ali. Taiob’s challenge is very relevant to current season – he asks to blog...
2020-11-10
28 reads
T-SQL Tuesday 131: Data Analogies, or: Explain Databases Like I’m Five!
This month’s TSQL2sday is hosted by one of my favorite presenters, Rob Volk. His challenge for us is to use analogies and explain a database concept like you would...
2020-10-19 (first published: 2020-10-13)
439 reads
Azure SQL Championship
There is no doubt that this is a time when we all have to be extra aware and work towards keeping our skills aligned with market needs. During this...
2020-10-13 (first published: 2020-10-07)
342 reads
PASS – Meanderings
As most people reading this would know…the PASS organization is in a state of crisis now following the decision to go virtual. We are in a place where we...
2020-07-03 (first published: 2020-06-20)
192 reads
Blogs
Capturing My Own Metrics: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
A customer was trying to compare two tables and capture a state as a...
Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
By Zikato
When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
T-SQL Tuesday #200: When I Look at a Query …
By Steve Jones
This month is a milestone for T-SQL Tuesday. It’s number 200, which doesn’t sound...
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Checking the Error Log I
On my SQL Server 2025, I want to search the error log from my T-SQL code for potential issues and then inform an administrator. What is the current way to easily query the error log?
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