Verifying Last Successful CheckDB with Powershell and SMO - sorta
A few years ago, I wrote a script that was published on SQLServerCentral.com about how to verify the last successful...
2012-02-03
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Blog Posts
A Script A Day - Day 2 - Database Mail Troubleshooting
Today's script is a collection of simple queries I have saved for a time when I need to troubleshoot database...
2012-02-02
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PowerPivot for Excel Install Issues
At one of my customers, we had a very frustrating experience while trying to get PowerPivot for Excel (SQL Server...
2012-02-02
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Returning Results from an Insert – OUTPUT clause
I needed to return an identity value recently from an insert for use in another piece of code. For a...
2012-02-02 (first published: 2012-01-30)
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SmartPaster
I recently discovered this great little free Visual Studio Add-in that allows pasting text as preformatted strings in VB or...
2012-02-02
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Speaking for Baton Rouge UGs and SQL Lunch Next Week
I have been quiet over the past year trying to get acclimated to my new job and my new found...
2012-02-02
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SQL Server – COPY TABLE from another SQL Server
To copy a table from another SQL Server Instance is easy. Create a Linked Server on the destination server and...
2012-02-02
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2012-02-02
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2012-02-02
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2012-02-02
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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