Use Powershell script to verify backup files
Before restoring backup, we always verify the backup file first, and run the 3 command below:
1. RESTORE HEADERONLY
Returns a result...
2012-05-17 (first published: 2012-05-12)
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Blog Posts
All about Kerberos authentication
http://download.microsoft.com/download/B/E/1/BE1AABB3-6ED8-4C3C-AF91-448AB733B1AF/SSRSKerberos.docx
2012-05-16
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Dell 12th Generation Server Cheat Sheet
Over the past several months, Dell has been rolling out a number of new 12th generation servers that all use...
2012-05-16
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Denali – Day 16: Tool: Database Recovery Advisor –SSMS tool
Denali – Day 16: Tool: Database Recovery Advisor –SSMS tool
As blogged on “Denali – Day 11: SSMS enhancement” about Features added on...
2012-05-16
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Don’t You Know Who I Am?
I’m happy to say that for most of you out there, the answer to this question is “no.” That’s as...
2012-05-16
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MAGICPASS Tonight It’s All About Encryption
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shuck/3971270079/
Tonight I will be live in front of my home town crew at MagicPASS, lead by the one and only...
2012-05-16
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Quick tip: sp_configure and sys.configurations
In order to query the configuration settings of a server you can run this sproc:
exec sp_configureOn a default install of...
2012-05-16
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Suggestion: “USE” keyword with Linked Servers
Using special functions for querying and executing commands at linked servers is not very convenient, and sometimes even very problematic.
For...
2012-05-16
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Upgrading Packages to SSIS 2012
Many of you may now or in the future have the need to upgrade your SSIS packages to the new...
2012-05-16
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Ad hoc query optimization in SQL Server
When ad hoc queries are executed in sql server, if it is executed without parameters, and it is simple, SQL...
2012-05-15
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Blogs
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
Advice I Like: In 100 Years
By Steve Jones
In 100 years a lot of what we take to be true now will...
dataMinds Saturday 2026 – Slides
At Saturday the 21st of February I’m presenting an introduction to dimensional modelling at...
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AllocationType as ROW_OVERFLOW_DATA
Hello, I inherited a number of tables with like 20-30 column using nvarchar(256) in...
is it true we cant debug c# scripts in ssis anymore under vs
Hi, i'm running vs2022. I'm trying out a c# script that i'd like to...
Question of the Day
Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
I upgraded a SQL Server 2019 instance to SQL Server 2025. I wanted to test the fuzzy string search functions. I run this code:
SELECT JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
I get this error message:Msg 195, Level 15, State 10, Line 1 'JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE' is not a recognized built-in function name.What is wrong? See possible answers