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)
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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
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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)
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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
538 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)
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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
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Blogs
4 CPE Opportunity (Virtual) for Charity
By Brian Kelley
Every year, the South Carolina State Internal Auditors Association and the South Carolina Midlands...
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers!
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers is now live! Data Céilí (pronounced kay-lee), is...
Streamlining Azure VM Moves Into Availability Zones
By John
One of the more frustrating aspects about creating an Azure virtual machine is that...
Forums
Deadlock graph anomaly
I've come across what appears to be a strange deadlock anomaly. As seen in...
Stairway to Azure SQL Hyperscale Level 6: Backup and Restore Internals
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Stairway to Azure SQL Hyperscale...
The Challenge of AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Challenge of AI, which...
Question of the Day
Deprecated Feature Tracking
From T-SQL, without requiring an XEvent session, can I tell which deprecated features are being used on my instance?
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