A script to list the DTS connection information for every package on the instance.
For those of you who have moved completely to SQL 2012 & 2014, Lucky you and don’t judge! For the rest...
2014-10-27
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Blog Posts
Cumulative Update – 4 for SQL Server 2014 RTM Is Now Available !
The 4thcumulative update release for SQL Server 2014 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 4 contains all the hotfixes released since the...
2014-10-27
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Cumulative Update – 4 for SQL Server 2014 RTM Is Now Available !
The 4thcumulative update release for SQL Server 2014 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative...
2014-10-27
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Drop and Recreate all Synonyms
Had a quick job the other day restoring a pair of databases under different names which is all straight forward...
2014-10-27
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EXEC sp_executeSQL
Today I am going to talk about the stored proc sp_executesql and the benefits it has over EXEC @SQL. Microsoft actually recommend that you use the sp_executesql stored procedure...
2014-10-27
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Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #106
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow...
2014-10-27
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Minion Reindex is here
We released Minion Reindex by MidnightDBA unto the world, accompanied by a press release on SQLServerCentral.com, and people have responded so incredibly positively. We’re quite...
2014-10-27
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Reducing the size of the distribution database & improving transactional replication performance: Part 3
Part 1 of this series of articles looked at the intricacies of SQL Server transactional replication, and made the observation that the...
2014-10-27 (first published: 2014-10-20)
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Remove Witness from SQL Server Database Mirroring
1) After connecting to the principal server instance, Right-click the database & go to properties. Select Mirroring from left side option. 2) To remove the witness, delete its server...
2014-10-27
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Oh! I forgot When I took last Database Backup ? How to determine this? TIP # 66
In last few tips TIP #64 & TIP #65 we get information how to take backup & How to ensure it can...
2014-10-25
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Blogs
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
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The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Identities and Sequences III
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Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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