Independent consultant: How to find work
When I talk to people about switching from being a salaried employee to an independent consultant (see my presentation How to...
2014-01-14
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Blog Posts
Laying The Ground For A Successful Reporting Project
Building a reporting system from the ground up is a daunting task. Such a big project usually involves intricate resource...
2014-01-14 (first published: 2014-01-09)
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One error which you don’t want to see while doing upgrades – Missing MSI !
The cached MSI file ‘C:\Windows\Installer\<name>.msi’ is missing !!! This is one error which you don’t want to see when you are...
2014-01-14
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PowerShell – Change SQL Server Login Password
Here’s a quick post detailing a PowerShell script that can be used to change the password for a SQL Server Login. Regular readers know that I practice the philosophy...
2014-01-14
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PowerShell – Change SQL Server Login Password
Here’s a quick post detailing a PowerShell script that can be used to change the password for a SQL Server...
2014-01-14
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Sometimes It’s A Dirty Job – #TSQL2sDAY #50
Sometimes being a DBA really stinks. You try to follow best practices in everything you do. You’re not shrinking databases...
2014-01-14
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SQL in Albuquerque
It’s a little less than two weeks until SQL Saturday #271 – Albuquerque. The second event in that great city, and...
2014-01-14
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SQL Server Diagnostic Information Queries for January 2014
I spent some time this month to true up the SQL Server 2005 version, with the other versions for the...
2014-01-14
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SQL Server Quick Tip: Growing your database past 2TB on SQL Server 2008
A couple of days ago I had to manually grow the database data file for a client, they do not...
2014-01-14
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Time to Plan For Running For The PASS Board
I know it’s only January, but if you’re at all considering being a candidate you need to get going now....
2014-01-14
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Blogs
Funny Money: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
Why Database AI Agents need Layers?
By Arun Sirpal
Third part in my Ai series with databases. When building AI solutions within the...
Un-Migrating From the Cloud: T-SQL Tuesday #199
By Steve Jones
This month we have a very interesting invitation from Koen Verbeeck. He has hosted...
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Backup Availability Group
Please I am hoping for some feedback Specifications: Windows Server 2022 SQL Server 2022...
How Do the Experts Become Experts?
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Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments Level 4 – Preparing for Production Deployment
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Question of the Day
Secure Communications
As of June 2026, what is the best version of TLS to use with SQL Server?
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