Storage Benchmarking with SQLIO Batch

The goal of the storage performance analysis is to identify the performance characteristics of a target storage device. To determine...

T-SQL – Query to get Distinct,Sorted, Comma Separated values in to a variable

CREATE TABLE #temp(name char(3))

INSERT INTO #temp VALUES ('CD')
,('AB')
,('LM')
,('BC')
,('GH')
,('KJ')
,('AB')

DECLARE @cols AS NVARCHAR(MAX);

SELECT @COLS = substring(list, 1, len(list) - 1)
FROM (SELECT list =
(SELECT DISTINCT...

ExpressProfiler - new build published

Just published new signed build of ExpressProfiler - few nice improvements like advanced search, stay on top window, transparency - just to make...

Part 3 Adding Tab Controls – Create your own SQL tools with PowerShell and windows forms

Steve:
James recently published part 3 of his PowerShell and Windows Forms series for creating your own SQL Tools. In this...

Uploading a Source Folder to Azure File Storage

Azure File Storage enables you to present an Azure Storage Account to your IaaS VMs as a share using SMB....

Powershell to Robocopy files (say, to back up your computer to protect against CryptoWall trojan)

We were having a good time on DBAs@Midnight, when Sean got a weird pop up message that said all his...

Timed SQL Server tracing

Have you ever wanted to start a SQL trace (server-side trace!) from SQL agent and let it stop after X minutes...

2015 - the year of upgrade

2015 should be a very busy year for most DBAs, due to the end of support of SQL server 2005...

A quick email interview of Pass President Thomas LaRock

Back in December I had the thought that it would be fun to do an email interview with someone. As...

Friday Followup For February 6, 2015

It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re...