SharePoint Reporting Services Content Types Missing
Being able to manage the content types in your SharePoint libraries is key to creating a useful portal. Among the...
2013-10-02
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Blog Posts
Social Engineering: How to prevent unauthorized access to SQL Server using SQL Logins
People are always concerned about Security when it comes to their data. I don’t blame them, I love keeping my...
2013-10-02
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SQL Server – How to Copy or Export an SSIS Package Using Command Prompt Utility – DTUTIL
The command prompt utility dtutil can be very handy when we want to quickly export an SSIS package from either file system...
2013-10-02
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Using A Non-correlated Subquery To Avoid DISTINCT
Nobody wants duplicate data. It’s messy, wastes space, and looks really bad on a report – I get that. What I...
2013-10-02
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Why I am not an MVP
On October 1st the emails went out notifying existing MVP’s in the Oct cycle if they were fortunate enough to...
2013-10-02
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Awarded Microsoft MVP
Today I’m extremely excited, honored and humbled to announce that I have been recognized as a Microsoft MVP for first...
2013-10-01
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Detaching a database
In my general quest to figure out the T-SQL to do common GUI tasks I did some browsing through BOL...
2013-10-01 (first published: 2013-09-26)
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Enable Instant File Initialization to accelerate database restore
Today my colleague come to me and ask me why her database restore query was hang. She was going to...
2013-10-01
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I’m a Microsoft SQL Server Most Valuable Professional (MVP)!
I have been honored to be chosen a Microsoft SQL Server Most Valuable Professional (MVP). Here is a video on my...
2013-10-01
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PowerShell – Script to Monitor Disk Space of a Group of servers – HTML Formatted Email Output
This post explains how to monitor DiskSpace of a group of listed servers in a text file.
The function Get-DiskSpaceReport comprises...
2013-10-01
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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...
Forums
Transactional Replication setup issue
Hi! I've been banging my head against the wall for 2 days now trying...
The Power of Data and Privacy
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What's the Date?
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Question of the Day
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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