Know How to Recover SQL Server Database Without Backup
Microsoft SQL Server has widely used database management system for storing and retrieving data. It stores its files in MDF,...
2018-01-24
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Blog Posts
Linguistics Crisis In Microsoft Technology
With technology expanding in both complexity and quantity, the task to name each component and functions of a technology product...
2018-01-24 (first published: 2018-01-15)
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Speaking at SQLBits next month
As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I will be presenting for the first time at SQLBits in London,...
2018-01-24
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SQL Server User Already Exists – Back to Basics
One of my all-time favorite things in SQL Server is security. No matter what, it always seems that there is a new way to abuse permissions. When people abuse...
2018-01-24
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SQL Server User Already Exists – Back to Basics
One of my all-time favorite things in SQL Server is security. No matter what, it always seems that there is...
2018-01-24
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tSQLt tests for Day 5 Advent of Code 2017
This is day 5 of the Advent of Code 2017. If you want to read about the puzzles, start with...
2018-01-24
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Using Bookmarks to navigate code in SSMS (Day 24)
Bookmarks are used in SSMS to have SSMS remember selected line positions, and to quickly move between the bookmarks. All...
2018-01-24
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Using Bookmarks to navigate code in SSMS (Day 24)
Bookmarks are used in SSMS to have SSMS remember selected line positions, and to quickly move between the bookmarks. All...
2018-01-24
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AWS EC2 Linux AMI with pyodbc
AWS EC2 Linux AMI with pyodbc, psqlODBC, Microsoft ODBC Drivers Context: Using pyodbc within a small python application to pull tracking data from an Azure SQL Server DB, do...
2018-01-23
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How to run a PowerShell script file with Verbose, Confirm or WhatIf
Before you run a PowerShell command that makes a change to something you should check that it is going to...
2018-01-23
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Blogs
Funny Money: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
Why Database AI Agents need Layers?
By Arun Sirpal
Third part in my Ai series with databases. When building AI solutions within the...
Un-Migrating From the Cloud: T-SQL Tuesday #199
By Steve Jones
This month we have a very interesting invitation from Koen Verbeeck. He has hosted...
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Secure Communications
As of June 2026, what is the best version of TLS to use with SQL Server?
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