Sync SSMS Tools Pack Across Computers Using SyncToy
My favorite and most used feature of the SSMS Tools Pack is the query history. This feature has saved me a lot of time and effort. DBAs where I...
2011-10-06
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Sync SSMS Tools Pack Across Computers Using SyncToy
My favorite and most used feature of the SSMS Tools Pack is the query history. This feature has saved me a lot of time and effort. DBAs where I...
2011-10-06
5 reads
Get All SESSIONPROPERTY Values for Your Session
As a follow-up to my SERVERPROPERTY() post, this is a quick script to grab all the SESSIONPROPERTY() values from your...
2011-08-23
813 reads
Get All SESSIONPROPERTY Values for Your Session
As a follow-up to my SERVERPROPERTY() post, this is a quick script to grab all the SESSIONPROPERTY() values from your current session in a table. Useful when you forget...
2011-08-23
7 reads
Dallas Tech Fest – Demo Files for SQL Server CLR: An Introduction
Demo files from my presentation at Dallas Tech Fest 2011.
SQL Server CLR – An Introduction – Dallas Tech Fest 2011
2011-08-12
710 reads
Prevent SQL Logins from using SSMS … or any other app
In a continuation of my previous LOGON TRIGGER post.
A downside to SQL logins is that anyone with the username / password...
2011-06-18
2,127 reads
Locking While Dropping or Altering an Index
Yesterday I was trying to drop some hypothetical indexes in production against a fairly active table. I started causing blocking...
2011-05-12
7,371 reads
Disable SQL Agent Jobs with PowerShell
I had a need today to disable all of our admin jobs while I moved our admin database to another...
2011-04-25
2,785 reads
Get all SERVERPROPERTY values for SQL Server
A quick script to grab all the SERVERPROPERTY() values from a SQL instance in a table. Useful when you forget...
2011-04-14
12,562 reads
Notes for Moving BizTalk’s Databases
Yesterday, I was tasked with helping a team move their BizTalk databases to another server. These are my notes for...
2011-04-08
1,425 reads
Blogs
Free SQL Training: Dive into Databases This December!
Want to learn SQL and get some real practice this December? Check out the...
Playing with the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
I published an article today on the Data API Builder, which is a way...
A New Word: Dolonia
By Steve Jones
dolonia – n. a state of unease prompted by people who seem to like...
Forums
Understanding allowed topics for testing
Hi, I am a first time writer looking to author some content here. I...
Do As I Say, Not As I Do
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Do As I Say, Not...
Filter a SQL Server Audit with a predicate
Hi Gents, Silly question, but it's been a long time since I've done this....
Question of the Day
The New Log File
I have a detached database from SQL Server 2019, called TDE_Primer. This database had a 100MB data file and a 73MB log file. The log file was lost, so I need to run this code:
USE [master] GO CREATE DATABASE [TDE_Primer] ON ( FILENAME = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL15.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\TDE_Primer.mdf' ) FOR ATTACH_REBUILD_LOG GOHow big is the new log file? See possible answers