The Demo Setup–Attaching Databases with Powershell
I found another use for Powershell, one actually suggested by someone else: attaching specific SQL Server databases.
TL;DR I have a...
2015-03-16
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Blog Posts
There are #temp tables and then there are ##temp tables.
Temporary tables are a common enough thing in T-SQL that most of us have probably used them on a fairly...
2015-03-16
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Date Range Challenge in sql
Hi Folks,
When you work in a offshore - onsite setup in IT industry and if you are fortunate 🙂 to be a...
2015-03-15
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Data Size – LEN() vs DATALENGTH() - WaterOx Consulting
Reading Time: 3 minutes No. It isn’t just the way you use your data that...
The post Data Size – LEN() vs...
2015-03-13 (first published: 2015-03-04)
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Friend of Redgate 2015
Today I am excited to announce that I have been accepted into the Friends of Redgate program for 2015. The...
2015-03-13
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Friend of Redgate 2015
Today I am excited to announce that I have been accepted into the Friends of Redgate program for 2015. The program targets influential people in their respective technical communities...
2015-03-13
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How to Replace Multiple Strings in a File using PowerShell
Replace the Data Source and Initial Catalog values of WebConfig.XML
Content of XML file
<Configuration ConfiguredType=”Property” Path=”\Package.Connections[ConnStaging].Properties[ConnectionString]” ValueType=”String”>
<ConfiguredValue>Data Source=localhost;Initial Catalog=Stage;Integrated Security=SSPI; Connection Timeout = 10</ConfiguredValue>
</Configuration>
PARAM(
[String]$DatabaseName='DCTarget',
[String]$XML='c:\webconfig.XML',
[String]$DatabaseServer='DataCenterDB01')[string]$db...
2015-03-13
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My First Ever SQL Saturday Pre-Con
Like most people I have a bucket list of things to do before I depart for other things. However I...
2015-03-13
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Speaker of the Month: February & March 2015
It’s not a question of scheduling. I just haven’t been to lots of community events in the last several months...
2015-03-13
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SQL Saturday #408 Houston – June 13th 2015
Call for speakers is now open for SQL Saturday #408 in Houston, TX. If you are interested in presenting please...
2015-03-13
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Accessing the Data API Builder MCP Server from VS Code
By Steve Jones
I recently started playing with the MCP Server for SQL Server, which is a...
From DBA or Data Engineer to AI Engineer: A Realistic Path
If you spend your days tuning queries, managing pipelines, or keeping a production database...
Asynchronous Replication of Snapshots from an ActiveCluster Pod to a Third Array
I’ve been rebuilding my three-site SQL Server demo lab, and I ran into something...
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STRING_AGG DISTINCT
Has anyone written a wrapper function (or similar) around STRING_AGG() to allow the retrieval...
In-place OS upgrade or migration to new OS?
Putting this here as we're currently on SQL Server 2019 installed on Windows Server...
Never is Not the Policy
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Question of the Day
Rebuilding All Indexes
I have added a few indexes to one of my tables in SQL Server 2025:
ALTER TABLE dbo.CustomerContact
ADD CONSTRAINT PK_CustomerContact
PRIMARY KEY (CustomerID);
-- Create index on CustomerEmail
CREATE INDEX IX_CustomerContact_CustomerEmail
ON dbo.CustomerContact (CustomerEmail);
CREATE INDEX IX_CustomerContact_CustomerPhone
ON dbo.CustomerContact (phone);
I then do this to disable one index:
alter index IX_CustomerContact_CustomerPhone on dbo.CustomerContact disableI see this when I check the index status:
I decide to rebuild all indexes with this command:
ALTER INDEX ALL ON dbo.CustomerContact rebuildAfter I do this, what will I see for the index status? See possible answers