Attach All SQL Datafiles in a Directory
Have you ever had the need to attach a large number of database in one go? There’s no way to attach multiple databases in SSMS or via script, so...
2022-08-24 (first published: 2022-08-15)
304 reads
Blog Posts
Daily Coping 24 Aug 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-08-24
16 reads
Using DBCC CLONEDATABASE to create a schema only copy of your database.
DBCC CLONEDATABASE is one of those features that I don’t use often but it’s really cool when I need it. ... Continue reading
2022-08-24 (first published: 2022-08-11)
535 reads
Daily Coping 23 Aug 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-08-23
6 reads
Speaking Engagements for Fall 2022
The summer holiday is almost over, and this means conference season will be back in full swing again. I’ll be speaking at a couple of events in the second...
2022-08-23
14 reads
AWS RDS Backups
One of the things I love the most about Platform as a Service when it comes to data is the fact that you get RDS backups, built in. Go...
2022-08-22
12 reads
Azure DevOps: Deploying Power BI reports with a parameterized gateway-based Data Source
(2022-Aug-08) You have developed your Power BI report, by connecting one or more sourcing datasets, building your data model and enriching it with interactive and engaging visualizations. Now you are...
2022-08-22 (first published: 2022-08-08)
1,512 reads
Daily Coping 22 Aug 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-08-22
14 reads
Extended Events for Anything but Query Tuning: Object Changes
I hear this one all the time: How do I find out who implemented object changes? I also get: Can I see the query that caused object changes? Let’s...
2022-08-22 (first published: 2022-08-08)
297 reads
Daily Coping 19 Aug 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-08-19
11 reads
Blogs
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Forums
Why the following cmds in sequence do not work
I need to delete rows from both the temporal main and history tables. The...
When SQL Server Central Went Down
Comments posted to this topic are about the item When SQL Server Central Went...
The String Distance I
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The String Distance I
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
Assume preview features are enabled. See possible answers