FrankDolan77

I have been working with SQL Server for nearly 10 years as a database developer.

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Using Registered Servers in SSMS

One of the features in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) that I find very useful is to have a list of registered servers and databases in SSMS. This lets me quickly pick from a number of servers rather than flipping the drop down in the connection dialog. This post looks at this feature and how […]

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2024-07-31

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T-SQL Language Changes in SQL Server 2022

SQL Server 2022 is in preview in August 2022. I assume this version will be released later this year, and I have been testing it with the idea that I will be looking at an upgrade sometime in the next year for a few servers. There are a lot of changes in the database platform, […]

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2022-08-31

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PowerShell Day By Day: The Pipeline

In this article, I wanted to discuss the PowerShell (PoSh) pipeline, which was confusing to me at first and took some time to get used to working with. I had used one in Linux before, but the PoSh one is more powerful, but also slightly different. Hopefully I can demystify some of the concepts for […]

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2020-12-31

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Creating SQL Agent Jobs to Run PowerShell

In one of my articles, Calling Procs from PowerShell with Parameters, there was a question in the discussion about calling PowerShell (PoSh) from SQL Agent Jobs. I haven't done much of that, as most of my PowerShell is interactive scripts to make work easier when managing lots of servers. However, it was an interesting challenge, […]

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2020-11-30

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Multiple Collations

Can I have a collation expression like this in SQL Server 2022?

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WHERE ColumnA = ( 'abc' COLLATE French_CI_AS) COLLATE French_CS_AS
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