PowerShell – Service Comparison GUI Tool
Service Comparison GUI Tool does comparison of all the services of any given two servers. The output is a grid view...
2013-11-11
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Blog Posts
Second Presentation – Lessons Learned
Since my presentation at Orlando SQL Saturday seemed to go well (standing room only, all positive feedback) I submitted to...
2013-11-11
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sp_SrvPermissions & sp_DBPermissions V3.0
These are a couple of stored procedures I wrote to help me with security research. Each sp returns three data...
2013-11-11 (first published: 2013-11-04)
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Troubleshooting Database Mirroring Configuration
From my last post, http://coffeeandsql.com/2013/11/10/70-457-reviewer-15-implement-database-mirroring/, you were able to successfully setup a database mirroring. For further monitoring and checking if...
2013-11-11
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Veterans Day 2013
Tonight I’ll be talking again with my children about Veteran’s Day, what it means to me, and what I hope...
2013-11-11
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70-457 Reviewer #13 Managing SQL Server Logins
This lesson covers managing security principals at the instance level. Security principals at this level allows access to the instance...
2013-11-10
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70-457 Reviewer #14 Database and Application Roles
This lesson is part two of lesson Reviewer #13 Managing SQL Server Logins. There is so much to cover about...
2013-11-10
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70-457 Reviewer #15 Implement Database Mirroring
This reviewer is part of lesson in Implementing High Availability in SQL Server 2012. This covers about 12% of the...
2013-11-10
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MDX+SSRS #34 – Query not returning results: there are good reasons
When we are learning MDX, we unavoidably have to deal with the tools we use. Adding confusions about the behaviors...
2013-11-10
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log shipping restore job failed on secondary server
Several Situation will cause the log shipping restore job failed on secondary server
1. Restore job is not able to access the...
2013-11-09
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Blogs
10 Decisions to Make Before You Create A Fabric Workspace
Creating a Fabric workspace takes about 30 seconds. Restructuring workspaces after people have built...
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
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Question of the Day
Adding new column with DEFAULT II
Which number did the two COUNT(*) return:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #tmp CREATE TABLE #tmp (id INT NOT NULL) INSERT INTO #tmp (id) SELECT gs.value FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 5) AS gs ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD my_value INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 1 SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1 ALTER TABLE #tmp DROP CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 2 FOR my_value SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1See possible answers