Monica Rathbun

Monica lives in Virginia and is a Microsoft MVP for Data Platform. She has over 15 years of experience working with a wide variety of database platforms with a focus on SQL Server. She is a frequent speaker at IT industry conferences on topics including performance tuning and configuration management. She is the Leader of the Hampton Roads SQL Server User Group and a Mid-Atlantic PASS Regional Mentor. She is passionate about SQL Server and the SQL Server community, doing anything she can to give back. Monica can always be found on Twitter (@sqlespresso) handing out helpful tips.

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Among Giants

Since becoming a Database Administrator I’ve always looked at Microsoft MVP’s as the giants in our field.  I never once...

2017-04-05

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Question of the Day

Running SQLCMD I

I run the SQLCMD utility as follows: 

lcmd -S localhost -E
I then type this (the 1> is the prompt): 
1> select @@version go
If I hit enter, what happens?

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