Is It that Time Again?
Yes, it is. As I mentioned a few months back, it is important to pay attention to when Microsoft releases...
2010-09-23
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StrateSQL
Index Black Ops Part 3 – Index Usage
Last week, I mentioned in my TSQL2sDay index summary post, that I’d be writing a few posts on the information...
2010-09-22
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September PASSMN Meeting Tonight
As I’ve mentioned a couple times already our PASSMN meeting tonight will be in a new location. This is a ...
2010-09-21
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SQL Saturday 50 (#sqlsat50) – A Tale
This past weekend I went to SQL Saturday 50 – this is a day long SQL training event that is put...
2010-09-21
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September PASSMN Meeting This Week
Enjoying the fall here in Minnesota? The leafs are changing a bit and temp has been dropping. Has that left...
2010-09-20
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Share Your Experiences at #SQLSAT58
Ever thought about sharing your experiences with SQL Server to more than just your immediate peers and colleagues? Up here...
2010-09-20
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Index Black Ops Part 2 – Page IO Latch, Page Latch
As I mentioned in my TSQL2sDay index summary post, the I am writing a few posts on the information that...
2010-09-16
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Index Black Ops Part 1 – Locks and Blocking
As I mentioned in the my TSQL2sDay index summary post, the next few posts will be on sys.dm_db_index_operational_stats and the...
2010-09-15
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September PASSMN Meeting Next Week
Ever feel like you are all alone? Maybe a little isolated? This month’s PASSMN meeting might bring up these feelings...
2010-09-15
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An Index on Indexing #TSQL2sDay
Here we are with another T-SQL Tuesday and time for my entry into the fray. This month we are talking...
2010-09-14
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Blogs
Chatting with Power BI: Who Benefits from This Conversation?
By Rayis Imayev
"Dave: Open the pod bay doors, HAL.HAL: I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t...
A Quick Look at Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
Redgate acquired a data modeling tool from Vertabelo recently and I wanted to explore...
Prepping for Certification, Part 2 of ?
By Brian Kelley
The advantage of understanding the make-up of the exam: I can tailor my efforts...
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Is Data Modeling Common?
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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