Tip: COLLATE for “Cannot resolve collation conflict” error
Some data professionals are VERY well versed with collation, and some never ever have to touch the concept. That second...
2014-03-17
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Jen McCown
SQL for Everybody
I read a terribly excited blog this morning by a guy who had just discovered Alt-F1 in SSMS. (If you don’t...
2014-03-14
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Bad Ideas: Alert Storming
Fellow DBA: There are so many alerts! It takes me a long time to get through them all. How do...
2014-03-10
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Configure static or dynamic IP and DNS with Powershell
I work in a lot of different offices and conference venues, in addition to my home office. At home, I need a...
2014-03-03
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Expiration dates: SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2
SQL Server is a software product, right? And software has a history of having bugs, getting updates, and having support...
2014-02-24
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Home Workspace: Standing Desk
Ever since I worked in an office with adjustable standing desks, I’ve been thinking about getting a standing desk for...
2014-02-17
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What’s the CPU usage on the server? Use #Powershell!!
We have here an easy, handy-dandy way to find out how much CPU is in use on your server. Of...
2014-02-10
557 reads
Blockades and ladders to learning new tech
It’s been a long time since I’ve been a true newbie to a technology. There are plenty of things I...
2014-02-03
585 reads
Applied SQL: LIKE ‘whatever’
Today let’s play around with the LIKE operator. Like, totally. Like, Introduction Like “determines whether a specific character string matches...
2014-01-27
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Tip: Jobs without a scheduled run
It’s awfully comforting to see all those backup and maintenance jobs in your SQL Agent list, isn’t it? It’d be...
2014-01-22
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Blogs
From SQL Saturday to Day of Data
By ReviewMyDB
A behind-the-scenes look at Day of Data Jacksonville 2026, the transition from SQL Saturday,...
PostgreSQL 18 Finally Makes BUFFERS the Default. Here Is Why That Matters
You run EXPLAIN ANALYZE on a slow query, stare at the plan, and something...
A New Word: La Guadière
By Steve Jones
la guadière – n. a glint of goodness you notice in something that you...
Forums
non ascii columns in a utf-8 .txt file
hi, we couldnt get our upstream data source developers to supply what is sometimes...
PolyBase Trace Flags
Are there any good articles on all the trace flags that are enabled on...
The Data Model Matters
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Question of the Day
Running SQLCMD I
I run the SQLCMD utility as follows:
lcmd -S localhost -EI then type this (the 1> is the prompt):
1> select @@version goIf I hit enter, what happens? See possible answers