PASS SQLRally Dallas 2012 Pre-Con: How to Perform a SQL Server Health Check
If you are attending the PASS SQLRally this May in Dallas, I will be presenting a one day preconference session...
2012-02-29
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Blog Posts
Script SQL Server Agent Jobs Using PowerShell
It’s that time of the month again, no not that one, it’s T-SQL Tuesday time and this weeks topic is...
2012-02-29
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SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): Extended Events
Extended Events is a general event-handling system for performance monitoring that was introduced in SQL Server 2008. It has a highly scalable and highly configurable...
2012-02-29
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Statistics Enhancements in SQL Server 2012
Today I want to talk about Statistics Enhancements in SQL Server 2012. As you already
know SQL Server uses Statistic Objects...
2012-02-29
4,369 reads
Trello: An agile style kan-ban web app that really works
I am no different to many others where I am being asked to work on various projects concurrently and expected...
2012-02-29 (first published: 2012-02-27)
2,889 reads
What I Want For My Birthday
Dell has teased us with some images of their upcoming 12th Generation servers (that will support the Intel Sandy Bridge-EP...
2012-02-29
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Write a Variable To a File Using SSIS
Problem
I’ve a SSIS package. When it fails execution, I want to write a custom message including the package name and error...
2012-02-29
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A Script A Day - Day 24 - Object Qualification
Today’s script is one I use as an example to explain that there is method behind my standards that some...
2012-02-28
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How’s Microsoft doing with community involvement? (updated)
Update: Jen Lussier has blogged a summary of the talks she had at the MVP summit last week. Take a...
2012-02-28
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Misadventures in TDE: How to Restore an Encrypted SQL Server Database Completely Wrong
Doing things by the book isn’t necessarily the only way to learn a new skill. Sometimes, experiencing everything that can...
2012-02-28
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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...
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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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