A Brief Introduction to PowerShellAI, an Intelligent Command-line
Learn how you can interact with ChatGPT from PowerShell.
2023-09-06 (first published: 2023-04-24)
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Mikey Bronowski
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AutomatedLab - A Quickstart for Deploying SQL Server Labs on Windows
Learn how you can use AutomatedLab to quickly create new environments.
2023-08-04
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Database Sequence Objects with dbatools
This article delves into five new dbatools command that work with sequence objects.
2023-05-31
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dbatools - new functions for Database Mail
Background The dbatools module is broadly used and is an ever-growing set of useful commands. While looking for some inspiration I checked the old issues logged on the GitHub repository. Finally, I found this one Remove-DbaDbMail Profile and Account · Issue #4990 · sqlcollaborative/dbatools (github.com). The issue was more than 2.5 years old (32 months). […]
2021-11-01
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Implement Azure SQL Elastic Jobs with PowerShell
In this article, I will work you through the process of creating elastic jobs in Azure using PowerShell. The elastic jobs are similar to regular agents jobs in SQL Server although they add extra functionality like for example dedicated target groups that can be used in the job step level. Currently, the elastic jobs are […]
2021-06-21 (first published: 2021-05-03)
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How to Restore an Agent Job that was Dropped
Once upon a time, you had one job, well actually two jobs. The first SQL Server agent job was important, the other was a test. You have decided you do not need the test agent job. Quick right-click on a job name, remove, confirm, done. When you refreshed the list, the test job was still […]
2021-02-02
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How to Restore an Agent Job that was Dropped
Once upon a time, you had one job, well actually two jobs. The first SQL Server agent job was important, the other was a test. You have decided you do not need the test agent job. Quick right-click on a job name, remove, confirm, done. When you refreshed the list, the test job was still […]
2021-02-02
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UNISTR Escape
In SQL Server 2025, I run this command:
SELECT UNISTR('*3041*308A*304C\3068 and good night', '*') as "A Classic";
What is returned? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
A: 
B: 
C: 
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