SQL Server 2016 RC0–Management Studio install option has disappeared
If you are trying to install SQL Server 2016 RC0 – which I’m sure you are all doing looking at the...
2016-03-16
724 reads
Gethyn Ellis
Creating a Domain Controller
The following is a short guide for promoting a Windows Server 2012 Machine to be a domain controller. This assumes...
2016-03-15
540 reads
SQL Server on Linux
When I started working with SQL Server many years ago, SQL Server on Linux was a regular April fool’s day...
2016-03-08
514 reads
Spring Training: Developing SQL Queries for SQL Server
Just a short post for a Tuesday to let you that I will delivering Learning Tree’s 534 Developing SQL Queries...
2016-02-09
473 reads
Introduction to SQL Server: The Main Components
There has been much talk recently in the SQL Server community about writing introductory level blog posts. Posts that a...
2016-02-08
866 reads
Its been a busy start to the year
Its been a busy start to the year at gethynellis.com. I have been involved in a Big Data training courses...
2016-02-05
489 reads
Powerful SQL Queries for SQL Server
New Year, new powerful SQL queries!
Start the New Year off with some great Transact-SQL training and join me for...
2015-12-07
440 reads
Most Read: My Top 5 SQL Server Articles and Blogs
There has been some really useful blogs and articles posted over the last week or so, this is my top...
2015-09-22
517 reads
Free SQL Azure eBook
As this blog post is being published David will be delivering his “Putting his Head in the Cloud – Working with...
2015-09-19
554 reads
SQL Saturday #413 Denmark 2015
David Postlethwaite will be giving his SQL Azure “Putting your head in the clouds – Working with SQL Azure” at SQL...
2015-09-07
544 reads
Blogs
When the Internet Stumbles: Lessons from Cloudflare & Azure Front Door Outages
By John
Recently, the world was reminded of just how fragile the internet can be. Two...
Prepping for Certification, Part 4 of 4
By Brian Kelley
In Parts 1-3, I covered how I prepare for a certification exam. In this...
Flyway Tips: Automation Assistance in Flyway Desktop
By Steve Jones
I was chatting with the product managers at Flyway and one asked me whether...
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CAST datetimeoffset(7) as a datetime in UK format
I have a view where I am casting a datetimeoffset(7) field to smalldatetime or...
Used Car Dealerships Near Me – Recommendations Needed
Hi everyone, We are selling cars and have a range of options at our...
what are the downsides of TDE not running vs running?
hi for the 2 years i've been here I believe we've had "encryption" turned...
Question of the Day
Putting the Player with the Number
In SQL Server 2025, what does this return?
DECLARE @player varchar(20) = 'Bo Nix', @num VARCHAR = '10' SELECT @player || @numSee possible answers