SQL Homework – January 2017 – Inspect an Execution Plan
It’s a new year and yet education never ends. So this month let’s take a look at an important part...
2018-01-10 (first published: 2018-01-03)
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Kenneth Fisher
A Solution for Squirrely SQL Server Security: TSQL Tuesday #98
It’s the first T-SQL Tuesday of the year! Arun Sirpal (b/t) is our host this month. Thanks, Arun! The subject...
2018-01-09
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T-SQL Tuesday #97 – Setting learning goals for 2018
T-SQL Tuesday. Each month a different blogger hosts Adam Machanic’s (b/t) blog party. The host comes up with a topic...
2018-01-01 (first published: 2017-12-12)
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What is impersonation for?
I was doing some research on impersonation the other day, and among other things, I ran across a forum question...
2017-12-27
798 reads
Making music with Powershell
Happy holidays everyone! Ok, this isn’t even remotely related to SQL Server but it sounded fun. I found someone playing...
2017-12-20
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Restrict the usage of a SQL Server Authenticated Application Id
SQL Server login ids may not be the most secure thing in the world but they are likely to be...
2017-12-18 (first published: 2017-12-06)
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When do usernames and passwords belong in connection strings
tl;dr: When using a windows or active directory authenticated id you do not put the username or password into your...
2017-12-18
712 reads
How to: Create an Azure VM with SQL Server using a default template
One of the really cool things about the cloud is how quickly you can spin up a new machine to...
2017-12-14
528 reads
Closing all of the connections to a database
Doing a database restore may not be the most common task a database professional will ever do, but it’s a...
2017-12-07 (first published: 2017-11-27)
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SQL Homework – December 2017 – View the log
Last homework of the year. Last month was to create a view. This month it’s time to take a look...
2017-12-04
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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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