Collation: Correction -> Instance
I had a recent run in with collation problems and it got me started reading about them. As I read...
2014-04-14
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Blog Posts
It’s Not All About The Keys–Question Of The Day
My latest question is live today, called It’s Not All About The Keys. It’s a three pointer, if score matters...
2014-04-14
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Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #79
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow...
2014-04-14
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Listing the SQL Server SysAdmins With PowerShell
A very short blog today just to pass on this little script.
I was required to list all of the SysAdmins...
2014-04-14
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MidnightDBA at SQL Saturday Houston – May 10
Sean and I will be speaking at SQL Saturday Houston on May 10, at San Jacinto College – South Campus 13735...
2014-04-14
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Missing Database Owner
By David Postlethwaite
At my presentation on SQL Server Management Studio at SQL Saturday in Exeter I promised to write some...
2014-04-14
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Oracle Tips for MSBI Devs #6: Supporting SSAS Tabular Development
As SQL Server Analysis Services Tabular Models become more popular, models will use Oracle databases as sources. One of the...
2014-04-14
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Sharing a Good Idea
I posted earlier about my experiments with Microsoft Curah!. (yes, technically the period should follow the exclamation since the exclamation...
2014-04-14
580 reads
SQL – Find encrypted objects using sql_modules or Powershell
sys.sql_modules catalog view which got introduced from SQL 2005 onwards. The sql_modules which includes the objects of type P, RF, V, TR, FN, IF, TF,...
2014-04-14
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SQL – Find encrypted objects using sql_modules or Powershell
sys.sql_modules catalog view which got introduced from SQL 2005 onwards. The sql_modules which includes the objects of type P, RF, V, TR, FN, IF, TF,...
2014-04-14
738 reads
Blogs
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
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What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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