T-SQL Tuesday #157 – “End of Year Activity”
Welcome to the final T-SQL Tuesday for 2022. My ask is, what do you have planned for end-of-year activities for your SQL environment? Do you have annual processes or...
2022-12-06
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SQL Temporal Tables — Gotcha!!!
Hello, again reader… Today, I will discuss a gotcha I ran across with SQL Server Temporal Tables. In my day-to-day environment, we do not use Temporal Tables widely. However,...
2022-11-21 (first published: 2022-11-01)
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Where did this database come from??
Happy Tuesday, blog reader. Have you ever come across a database you had not seen before or was in a different naming convention than you are used to seeing?...
2022-10-31 (first published: 2022-10-18)
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Restore HEADERONLY and FILELISTONLY
Good day reader. This post is coming to you from a busy week in Texas, where the heat is starting to subside. The week’s topic will cover two options...
2022-10-17 (first published: 2022-10-04)
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SQL Server In Place Upgrades
Good morning dear blog reader. Today’s episode is fresh from a great weekend with the family. It is always fun to go on a road trip with my wife...
2022-09-27
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T-SQL Tuesday #154 – SQL Server 2022
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is being hosted by Glenn Berry , and the subject he chose is “SQL Server 2022.” Microsoft has recently released the RC0 version of SQL...
2022-09-26 (first published: 2022-09-13)
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“Done in 7 minutes” -SQL Server 2019 Install
This blog comes to you from the home office after three days of caring for my sick six-year-old son. Yay for stomach bugs… Have you ever needed to install...
2022-09-20
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Log Shipping – Standby Mode
Hello, dear blog reader. This week’s blog is coming to you from the home office. Finally, my son is back in school, and the house has some peace. For...
2022-09-05 (first published: 2022-08-23)
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[How-To] SSRS migration
Good evening. Today’s episode is coming to you from my home office, where I feel motivated to write a blog in the comfort of my home. Today we will...
2022-08-08 (first published: 2022-07-26)
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Transactional Replication: Where did my data go???
Good morning dear reader. Today I am writing this blog while sitting at a trampoline park. My six-year-old son loves this place, and we tend to find ourselves here...
2022-07-27 (first published: 2022-07-12)
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Backing Up a DMK
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