Monday Morning SQL Break – June 13, 2016
Usually on my Monday posts, I include a pretty bland cookie cutter header. Nothing to extravagant, just an introduction. It’s...
2016-06-13
755 reads
StrateSQL
How To Get A Free SQL Server Indexing Book – Week 2
Free Book!
Another free indexing books, more awesome!
In last week’s post, I talked about how I’ve got a number of copies...
2016-06-10
924 reads
How To Get A Free SQL Server Indexing Book – Week 2
Free Book! Another free indexing books, more awesome! In last week’s post, I talked about how I’ve got a number of copies of Expert Performance Indexing for SQL Server;...
2016-06-10
2 reads
Book Review: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Harari, made it on my reading list after hearing about Mark Zuckerberg’s...
2016-06-08
820 reads
Book Review: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Harari, made it on my reading list after hearing about Mark Zuckerberg’s list of books everyone should read. And since then,...
2016-06-08
3 reads
Monday Morning SQL Break – June 6, 2016
It’s Monday time for this week’s Monday Morning SQL Break. A chance to catch up on links I’ve shared and...
2016-06-06
414 reads
How To Get A Free SQL Server Indexing Book – Week 1
Free indexing books, awesome!
Before I tell you how, lets start with what we are talking about here. If you weren’t...
2016-06-03
471 reads
How To Get A Free SQL Server Indexing Book – Week 1
Free indexing books, awesome! Before I tell you how, lets start with what we are talking about here. If you weren’t aware, last summer I worked with Grant Fritchey...
2016-06-03
3 reads
Why Do I Write? And Should I Continue?
It’s been about six months now since my career to a sharp right turn. At the request of my kids,...
2016-06-02
371 reads
Why Do I Write? And Should I Continue?
It’s been about six months now since my career to a sharp right turn. At the request of my kids, I left a decade of consulting for a role...
2016-06-02
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By Steve Jones
Redgate acquired a data modeling tool from Vertabelo recently and I wanted to explore...
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The advantage of understanding the make-up of the exam: I can tailor my efforts...
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Question of the Day
Getting The Database Name
I run this code to connect to SQL Server 2022 from the command line.
sqlcmd -S localhost -EAt the command line, I run these two commands:
SELECT ORIGINAL_DB_NAME() GOWhat is returned? See possible answers