Monday Morning Mistakes: Remote Connectivity to SQL Server
Inspired by common emails and questions I see, I figured I’d do a series of blog posts on common mistakes...
2012-01-23
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Blog Posts
New Article: How to audit sysadmin members on multiple servers using PowerShell
My first article of 2012 has published over at MSSQLTips.com. This one covers the basic technique for using PowerShell to audit...
2012-01-23
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Notes from the January 2012 oPASS Meeting
It’s been quite a while – where did the time go? – since I had done a presentation for oPASS, so when...
2012-01-23
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Revamping SUG 2nd Meeting
Friends,
Last Saturday, 21st we have 2nd meeting of SUG members and this time we made progress – I, Vinay and Matang...
2012-01-23
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S3OLV February 2012
Do you recognize this person?
If you are from the Colorado Springs area, you probably do. This is:
Troy Ketsdever (twitter)
Troy will...
2012-01-23
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S3OLV February 2012
Do you recognize this person? If you are from the Colorado Springs area, you probably do. This is: Troy Ketsdever (twitter) Troy will be presenting...
2012-01-23
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Security - SQL vs Windows
Security is a very important part of every DBA’s role. If you are not clued up on security best practices...
2012-01-23
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Sorting a String as a Number with T-SQL and SSIS
I was working on a Cube in Analysis Services for a client recently and needed to sort on a field...
2012-01-23
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Want to recruit me? Please follow these rules
I get 15-30 calls/emails a week from recruiters (not counting the dozens of auto-generated emails I get). Being a contractor...
2012-01-23
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SQL Server - BACKUP LOG WITH NO_LOG
The BACKUP LOG WITH NO_LOG and WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY options are discontinued in SQL Server 2008.
There is no replacement for this...
2012-01-22
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Blogs
Learn about Modern Microsoft Apps in San Diego
By Steve Jones
I wrote about learning today for the editorial: I Can’t Make You Learn. I...
How To Deploy Fabric SQL and Azure SQL Databases with Azure DevOps
By ReviewMyDB
Fabric has CI/CD built in, but if you've tried to use it for database...
A New Word: Attriage
By Steve Jones
attriage – n. the state of having lost all control over how you feel...
Forums
SSRS Reminded Me of the Time Microsoft Retired TMG
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SSRS Reminded Me of the...
Getting results from a Procedure to join to a query
I have a need to execute a stored procedure and return the results to...
Upgrade 2016 Standard to 2022 Express
Title pretty much says it all - can this be done? I've tried several...
Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT II
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37 4 NULLWhat is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 4;See possible answers