Change your Windows path
When you run something from the start menu or in a Windows command prompt, you type the program name to...
2012-03-22
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Blog Posts
Event ID 7026 and i8042prt troubleshooting
Event ID 7026 and i8042prt is a recurring error in the Windows Event Logs. I usually see this error on...
2012-03-22
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How do you secure the SQL Server instance after enabling xp_cmdshell ?
OR
How do you allow non-administrator to use xp_cmdshell ?
From the day I started working with SQL server, I have heard
about...
2012-03-22
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March #Meme15 Round-up – Facebook
Are you ready for the round-up of last week’s #meme15 Facebook question?
In total, there were eight participants in this month’s...
2012-03-22
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Restore fails with tail of log error
For sql server 2005 and above, When you take a full backup of the FULL recovered database and try to...
2012-03-22
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RYO Maintenance Plan – History Cleanup
The last step in our campaign to rid the world of maintenance plans deals with housekeeping: the history cleanup step....
2012-03-22
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SQL Server 2012 Unattended Installation on Windows Server 8
In part 5 will install SQL Server 2012 on 3 Windows Server 8 VM’s using GUI and unattended installation to...
2012-03-22
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Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers