Jason Brimhall


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On the Tenth Day…

Silver and Gold have a way of really bringing the look and feel of the Christmas season. Silver and Gold also seem to represent something of greater value. We...

2012-12-22

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On the Ninth Day…

Creating a custom data collector can be very handy for a DBA.  Especially in times of troubleshooting.  These collectors are also quite useful for trending and analysis.  Consider this...

2012-12-21

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On the Eighth Day…

Today’s post is merely an illusion.  The illusion being that we have finally stopped talking about the msdb database.  I’ll explain about that later in this post. This should...

2012-12-20

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On the Sixth Day…

What better way to kick off the sixth day of pre-Christmas than with six slices of foie-gras?  No animals have been hurt in the making of this post! This...

2012-12-18

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Understanding Fabric Ontology

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What problem is Fabric Ontology trying to solve? For years, most data conversations have...

QUOTENAME Basics: #SQLNewBlogger

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Recently I ran across some code that used a lot of QUOTENAME() calls. A...

When growing companies outgrow Excel

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There are some telltale signs that your growing business has outgrown Excel for your...

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Stairway to Reliable Database Deployment Level 3 – Rehearsing Changesets Across Environments

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QUOTENAME Quote Parameters

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QUOTENAME Quote Parameters

When I use QUOTENAME(), I can optionally provide the character used to surround the string in the result. Can I use any character?

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