Turbo LogShip 1.0 Released
Earlier this year, I wrote a long post about log shipping. One of the key points I mentioned was how slow restoring can be for a read only log...
2016-08-30
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Blog Posts
Who did what to my database and when…
One of the most popular questions on forums / SO etc is, “How can i find out who dropped a table,...
2016-08-30 (first published: 2016-08-22)
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Azure SQL Data Warehouse Execution Plans
Azure SQL Data Warehouse can sometimes feel like it’s completely different from SQL Server, but under the covers, it is...
2016-08-29
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Conference speakers: Why do you teach at events?
I’ve put up a Twitter poll to find some answers to the question: Why do speakers teach at events? Especially at...
2016-08-29
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Getting Started With PowerShell on Linux
Getting PowerShell on Linux
Well it’s not just an announcement, you can actually get PowerShell on Linux and MacOS right now...
2016-08-29 (first published: 2016-08-18)
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Making Start-Demo work with multi-line commands without a backtick
I love to speak about PowerShell. I really enjoy giving presentations and when I saw Start-Demo being used at the...
2016-08-29
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Natural vs Artificial Primary Keys
There has been a long standing debate over the use of a natural primary key vs an artificial one. I...
2016-08-29
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PoSh on Ubuntu
I heard about the PowerShell announcement recently where the platform is porting over to Linux and OSX. I think this...
2016-08-29 (first published: 2016-08-19)
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Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 14 – Tornado)
In this module you will learn how to use the Tornado Power BI Custom Visual. The Tornado allows you to...
2016-08-29
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Remote Desktop Workflow Improvements
Remote server management is a fact of life for folks involved with sql server. Since we work so often with...
2016-08-29
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Blogs
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Forums
Case part is sloooooow
Hi So the case statement is slowing this down - but for the life...
Why the following cmds in sequence do not work
I need to delete rows from both the temporal main and history tables. The...
When SQL Server Central Went Down
Comments posted to this topic are about the item When SQL Server Central Went...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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