Powershell Module Improvements for SQL Server in 2017
simple setup
A major improvement that seems to have quietly slipped into the sql developers world is an improved SQLServer powershell...
2017-06-19 (first published: 2017-05-31)
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Sheldon Hull
- Website: https://www.sheldonhull.com
Best Practices: Defining Explicit Length for Varchar/Nvarchar
SA0080 : Do not use VARCHAR or NVARCHAR data types without specifying length. Level: Warning
When using varchar/nvarchar it should be explicitly...
2017-06-07
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Setting Up InfluxDb, Chronograf, and Grafana for the SqlServer Dev
InfluxDb & Grafana Series
Running InfluxDb As A Service in WindowsSetting Up InfluxDb, Chronograf, and Grafana for the SqlServer Dev
InfluxDB And AnnotationsCapturing...
2017-05-29 (first published: 2017-05-17)
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Red Gate SQL Clone (#1) - Initial Setup
Note this was during earlier beta usage, so some of the UI and other features will have been updated more....
2017-02-27
705 reads
Bad Idea Jeans: Query Optimization Through Minification
SQL is pretty verbose compared to some languages. It's a pretty big disappointment that I have to type out select...
2017-01-23
479 reads
Bad Idea Jeans: Query Optimization Through Minification
SQL is pretty verbose compared to some languages. It's a pretty big disappointment that I have to type out select...
2017-01-23
220 reads
Dynamically Set Powershell Variables from json
I created this small snippet to allow a list of values from a json file be turned into variables to...
2016-12-05
301 reads
Attaching Database Using SMO & Powershell
Steve Jones wrote a great article on using this automation here titled The Demo Setup-Attaching Databases with Powershell. I threw...
2016-11-18
1,082 reads
Parallel Powershell for Running SQL
This is just a quick look. I plan on diving into this in the future more, as I'm still working...
2016-11-16
3,369 reads
Parallel Powershell for Running SQL
This is just a quick look. I plan on diving into this in the future more, as I'm still working...
2016-11-16
218 reads
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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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