Blogger questions: What if someone else wrote about the same subject?
I have a moderately popular blog. In part because I syndicate but largely (in my opinion) because I write a...
2016-02-03
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Kenneth Fisher
The CONNECT permission
The CONNECT permission exists at the instance and database levels. Note: as of SQL 2012 it is CONNECT SQL at...
2016-02-03 (first published: 2016-01-27)
3,505 reads
Reusing schedules in SQL Agent
I’m a big fan of automation. You get it written, tested, and scheduled, then you just sit back and monitor...
2016-02-01 (first published: 2016-01-25)
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What is RESULT SETS?
I was reading some code the other day and it included the statement RESULT SETS. I’d never seen it before...
2016-01-26 (first published: 2016-01-14)
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Start SQL Server without tempdb
tl;dr; Re-start the instance in safe mode (-f startup parameter) and move tempdb. Then re-start without the parameter.
While at the...
2016-01-20
10,703 reads
Ad-hoc Changes
TSQL Tuesday #74: Be The Change
Each month, on the first Tuesday of the month, the announcement for the blog...
2016-01-18 (first published: 2016-01-12)
1,560 reads
To the page and back again
To the page
It’s not one of those things you have to do frequently but every now and again you need...
2016-01-18
551 reads
MSDTC Requirements for SSIS Transactions
MSDTC is frequently required when using transactions within SSIS. And not just when you are connecting to two SQL Server...
2016-01-12 (first published: 2016-01-06)
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Do you check for TRUSTWORTHY databases as part of your security audits?
I ran a twitter poll the other day Do you check for databases with trustworthy turned on when you do...
2016-01-06 (first published: 2015-12-30)
2,479 reads
2015 a year in review
It’s a new year, so time to look back at the previous year, and forward to the next. I’ll tell...
2016-01-04
448 reads
Blogs
Why companies use Palantir and how we help implement it in the Czech Republic
Palantir is an American software platform that brings together business data from different sources...
Wait… Could This Be the End of Index Maintenance?
While attending SQLCon and FabCon Europe in Barcelona, there were a lot of announcements...
Copilot on the Power BI Report Canvas vs. Modern Report Builder
By James Serra
(This is the second post in a three-part series on how AI is changing...
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Pay for Performance
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Packing and Decoding Device Status Codes with LEFT_SHIFT() and RIGHT_SHIFT() in SQL Server
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SQL Server Audit Failures
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SQL Server Audit Failures
If I have a SQL Server Server Audit setup, what are my options for configuring the instance in the event it can't write to the audit log?
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