#PowershellBasics: Multiple run spaces in ISE
As you know from the last few posts, I’m in a class on Powershell. One of the first things we ... Continue reading
2019-10-23 (first published: 2019-10-16)
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Kenneth Fisher
Want to be more comfortable with the Extended Events Viewer?
I’ll admit, I’m a lot more comfortable with tracing and the profiler than I am with EE (extended events) and ... Continue reading
2019-10-23
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#PowershellBasics: The Windows Powershell icon in the task bar also lets you run Powershell ISE.
I don’t know about you, but I like having the tools that I’m likely to use on my taskbar. That ... Continue reading
2019-10-14
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SQL Homework – October 2019 – Code review (self and peer)
Every database person I’ve ever met writes at least some code at some point in their career. That code might ... Continue reading
2019-10-14 (first published: 2019-10-02)
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Using 3rd party tools. T-SQL Tuesday #119
It’s that time again! Alex Yates (b/t) has asked us to discuss a time in tech when we’ve changed our ... Continue reading
2019-10-11 (first published: 2019-10-08)
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#PowershellBasics: Powershell vs Powershell Core
I’m taking a Powershell class this week and I have to say the teacher is one of the best I’ve ... Continue reading
2019-10-10
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Debugging techniques (focusing on T-SQL)
tl;dr; Add PRINT and/or SELECT statements. Comment/uncomment out pieces of code to isolate problems. Change INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE statements to SELECTs. Disclaimer: ... Continue reading
2019-10-07 (first published: 2019-09-23)
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DBA Myths: CHECKDB runs on startup.
If you look at your error log you’ll (hopefully) see entries like this shortly after the instance startup: CHECKDB for ... Continue reading
2019-09-30 (first published: 2019-09-16)
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2019-09-30
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Blogging and coding best practices
I had a discussion a while back, I think it was with Grant Fritchey (b/t) but I just can’t remember. ... Continue reading
2019-09-25
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Blogs
Take Time to Gain Perspective
By Brian Kelley
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
The Fringe Festival
By Steve Jones
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
Forums
Fulltext filter daemon host (FDHost) process has stopped abnormally
We have performed a side-by-side upgrade, from SQL Server 2016 to 2022 Developer Edition,...
Automating OSM Data Refresh in Power BI’s Azure Maps Reference Layer
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Database Mail Configuration
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Question of the Day
Database Mail Configuration
If I want to get a list of the configuration settings for Database Mail using T-SQL, how can I do so?
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