Putting a Database into Single User Mode
I was recently discussing with a group of budding DBA’s how you go about performing a restore of database. They...
2011-08-08
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Gethyn Ellis
Audit SQL Logins
Written by David Postlethwaite There are several ways that you can audit who has logged in to your SQL Server. The...
2011-08-05
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Updating Views
Written by Ian Treasure
Gethyn recently posted on deleting from a view. He used a common situation where several tables are...
2011-08-03
10,133 reads
We Have Another New Contributor…
I’d like to introduce you all to my friend Ian Treasure who has kindly volunteered to write some posts and...
2011-08-01
611 reads
Calling SCOM in C#
Written by David Postlethwaite
I’m sure there are many out there using System Centre Operations Manager (or SCOM for short)...
2011-07-29
3,954 reads
Searching for Wild Card Characters
I got asked an interesting question recently, I was demonstrating how you can use wild cards in a WHERE clauses...
2011-07-27
771 reads
IT Professionals, the Job Search and the Killer CV
It has been while since I wrote anything on my contracting blog but over the past month or so I...
2011-07-25
1,207 reads
SSRS: Dynamic Data Sources
I have been building dashboard using Reporting Services (SSRS) for a client of mine. The dashboard is going to be...
2011-07-22
7,964 reads
DOS Batch File Date and Time
Written by David POstlethwaite
A non SQL blog for a change
Ever needed to create a batch file that wrote a time...
2011-07-20
1,370 reads
Execute Permissions
Written by David Postlethwaite
Security of the SQL database is becoming more and more important these days yet I’m finding that...
2011-07-18
14,010 reads
Blogs
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
Advice I Like: In 100 Years
By Steve Jones
In 100 years a lot of what we take to be true now will...
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Question of the Day
Lots of FKs
In SQL Server 2025, what are the most outgoing and incoming FK references a table can have?
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