Last Backup Times per Database and Backup Type
This script displays the last date and time of each backup type for each database.
It’s useful when you need to...
2014-02-26
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Superman
How to Load Data from Excel in SSIS – 32-bit vs. 64-bit
Let’s say you are developing an SSIS package on your dev box to load data from an Excel file to...
2014-02-25
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How to Load Data from Excel in SSIS – 32-bit vs. 64-bit
Let's say you are developing an SSIS package on your dev box to load data from an Excel file to...
2014-02-25
3,660 reads
SSIS Appetizer
Madeira’s excellent course on SQL Server Integration Services starts in March, but you can get a head start here! Take...
2014-02-09
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Forty Things You Didn’t Know About SQL Server
Last week I delivered a seminar at the Expert Days 2013 event by the name of 40 Things You Didn’t...
2013-12-16
588 reads
PASS Summit 2013 – Day 5: SQL Server Internals Day
This is a summary of my last day in the PASS Summit. I have already written about my first, second,...
2013-10-19
437 reads
PASS Summit 2013 – Day 5: SQL Server Internals Day
This is a summary of my last day in the PASS Summit. I have already written about my first, second,...
2013-10-19
415 reads
PASS Summit 2013 – Day 4: SQLskills Day
This is my fourth day in the PASS Summit. I have already written about my first, second and third days.
The...
2013-10-18
477 reads
PASS Summit 2013 – Day 4: SQLskills Day
This is my fourth day in the PASS Summit. I have already written about my first, second and third days.
The...
2013-10-18
510 reads
PASS Summit 2013 – Day 3: Query Tuning, Memory Internals, SSIS and PowerShell
This is actually the first formal day of the PASS Summit, but it’s my third day here. I have already...
2013-10-17
389 reads
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Why the following cmds in sequence do not work
I need to delete rows from both the temporal main and history tables. The...
When SQL Server Central Went Down
Comments posted to this topic are about the item When SQL Server Central Went...
The String Distance I
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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