PowerShell – SSRS Inventory – Automatic – Excel File – EMAIL
Inventory is a vital information,whether you’re a consultant or an in-house DBA, you need to have a reliable inventory of...
2014-02-27
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Blog Posts
Security #Datachat on Twitter Tonight
Tonight, at 9 PM Eastern, I’ll be participating in a #datachat on SQL Server security. It’s sponsored by Confio (now...
2014-02-27
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Spring in Florida
The first sign of spring in Florida is the leaves falling from the oak trees. Tons of leaves, leaves everywhere,...
2014-02-27
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SQL Server sample databases
Here are some places on the web where you can find sample databases for SQL Server. It's nice to have...
2014-02-27
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Standard Deviations with CTE in SQL
I was working with a client recently getting the number of standard deviations a student was off the average number...
2014-02-27 (first published: 2014-02-24)
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Thinking with Data by Max Shron
DISCLAIMER
I recently enrolled myself in the O’Reilly Blogger Review program, which basically allows me to get one O’Reilly eBook for...
2014-02-27
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Virtual Lab – Setting up a new VM
This is part of a series where I set up a virtual lab for testing and misc. work. The other...
2014-02-27
1,471 reads
Acadiana SQL Server User Group - Introduction to SQL Server Security Principals and Permissions
Great crowd last night and a great job by organizers Glenda Gable and Jill Joubert for the very first meeting...
2014-02-26
1,011 reads
Colorado SQL Events for March 2014
SQL Meetings are training events for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. Please note that...
2014-02-26
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Last Backup Times per Database and Backup Type
This script displays the last date and time of each backup type for each database.
It’s useful when you need to...
2014-02-26
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Blogs
Keeping Redshift System Table History Past 7 Days with S3 Tables
Redshift keeps its SYS_* monitoring views for seven days in cluster, which is fine...
Updating the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
I was updating my session for the Data API Builder (DAB) recently, mostly to...
T-SQL Tuesday #202 Invitation: That One SQL Server Outage You’ll Never Forget
I am excited to host T-SQL Tuesday for the first time. I want to...
Forums
Practical Ways to Approach SQL Server Problems and Case Studies
Working with SQL Server can involve more than just writing queries. Understanding database design,...
Measuring Productivity
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Importing Excel files into SQL Server using DuckDB and Python
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Question of the Day
Tracking All the Queries
I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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