Microsoft Build event announcements
Another Microsoft event and another bunch of exciting announcements. At the Microsoft Build event this week, the major announcements in the data...
2018-05-11
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Blog Posts
Mssql-cli Command-Line Query Tool
A recent announcement on the release of several SQL Server tools has raised expectations across various groups. Product requirements and business...
2018-05-11
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SQL Server Database Snapshots
What Are They
Database snapshots are a readonly point in time version of a database. You can use them for things...
2018-05-11
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YouTube Channel Update: 11 May 2018
I’ve been busy getting the videos up on YouTube. If they’re helpful to you, please subscribe. Some point soon I’ll...
2018-05-11
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Creating SQL Server Containers for versions 2012-2017
I am working on my dbatools and dbachecks presentations for SQL Saturday Finland, SQLDays, SQL Saturday Cork and SQLGrillen I want...
2018-05-10
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Database testing and ETL processes
Unit testing using tSQLt is really great, you call FakeTable on any tables your code touches and then insert the...
2018-05-10 (first published: 2018-05-01)
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Day 10 Option file
So far we have discussed various mays to configure MySQL, Environmental Variables, Global Variable, Session Variables, Status Variable and Server...
2018-05-10
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DMV To List Foreign Keys With No Index
I was entrusted with a new database for a critical application that was having general performance issue and the CPU...
2018-05-10
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Each session should be able to have its own temp table, but there can be problems.
You should be able to create a #temp in every session. That’s the idea, right? It’s one of the things...
2018-05-10
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Finding Tabs in SSMS–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2018-05-10
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Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers