Starting and Stopping a Remote Service with PowerShell
A recent project I was working on required me to move folders from a staging location to a processing location....
2011-07-18
1,970 reads
Tim Radney
My first PowerShell Script to Move Folders
I just had my first encounter with having to write a PowerShell script. The request seemed pretty harmless when I...
2011-07-15
1,965 reads
SQL Saturday 89 Pre-Con
Why am I attending Kevin Kline’s pre-con on “Troubleshooting & Performance Tuning Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2” at SQL Saturday #89...
2011-07-14
606 reads
Listing Stored Procedures From Every Database
Recently I answered a question on AskSSC that I thought I would create a quick blog about. Someone had asked...
2011-07-04
731 reads
Planning a SQL Saturday
On June 8th we announced SQL Saturday 89. The call for speakers went out to all those who had submitted...
2011-07-01
417 reads
Getting Ahead and Getting Involved
I spend a little time on AskSSC (that is the question and answer section on http://www.sqlservercentral.com). Quite often the question...
2011-06-28
862 reads
SQL Saturday #89 Atlanta GA
The official launch of SQL Saturday #89 was June 8th. Within the first week of the launch we have registered...
2011-06-15
496 reads
Using “NOT IN” in a query can provide mixed results
The topic came up at work awhile back with using various includes/excludes such as IN, NOT IN, and EXISTS. A...
2011-05-31
1,365 reads
Using an Excel Destination in SSIS with x64
My first real experience with SSIS began in late Feb of this year. I was upgrading a system from SQL...
2011-05-17
1,119 reads
SQL Saturday 74 – Jacksonville FL
I made a 700+ mile round trip down to Jacksonville FL where I was fortunate enough to get to speak...
2011-05-02
874 reads
Blogs
AI Step 1
By Vinay Thakur
As this is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) World, things are changing. We can see that...
Beginner’s Guide: Building a Dockerized Todo App with React, Chakra UI, and Rust for Backend
In a containerized app, React and Chakra UI provide a robust and accessible user...
A New Word: Nachlophobia
By Steve Jones
nachlophobia – n. the fear that your deepest connections with people are ultimately pretty...
Forums
Active and Active Cluster
Hi Team, I am planning to apply security updates for SQL Server 2016 on...
SSIS package works in VS but failed in SSMS
Please help and thanks. Package:Error: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_OLEDBERROR. An OLE DB error has...
Need a list of stored procedures that execute multiple stored procedures
Hello SSC! I hope you all had a happy and safe holiday! Apologies if...
Question of the Day
The Funny SELECTs
What is returned from this query?
SELECT
( SELECT COUNT (*) FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader AS soh
WHERE soh.OrderDate > '01/01/2011' AND soh.OrderDate < '01/01/2012') AS OrdersIn2000
, ( SELECT COUNT (*) FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader AS soh
WHERE soh.OrderDate > '01/01/2012' AND soh.OrderDate < '01/01/2013') AS OrdersIn2001
, ( SELECT COUNT (*) FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader AS soh
WHERE soh.OrderDate > '01/01/2013' AND soh.OrderDate < '01/01/2014') AS OrdersIn2002; See possible answers