Send DBMail
With SQL Server 2005, Microsoft improved the methods available for DBAs to send email from SQL Server. The new method...
2011-08-15
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Blog Posts
SQLPeople INSPIRE NYC - Coming this FALL - November 12, 2011
Nature abhors a
vacuum. So, when I see so many SQL
Server happenings going on all over the country, and indeed the...
2011-08-15
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Using Checksum in SSIS for Delta Loads
The checksum function in SQL is a great way to compare two rows to see if the data matches. The...
2011-08-15
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Using SSIS lookup transformation editor with millions of rows
If you are using a SSIS lookup transformation editor and the reference dataset is large (millions of rows) and you...
2011-08-15
12,359 reads
When Do You Take a Full Backup?
This series of blog posts are related to my presentation, The Top Ten Skills You Need, which is scheduled for...
2011-08-15
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A second week at SQLskills – performance tuning
G’day,
Back in February, I was lucky enough to attend a week of training on SQL internals from the people at...
2011-08-14
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Change User Desktop Folder Path by Using PowerShell
We could change your desktop folder location by using the following powershell script. Actually we need to change values of...
2011-08-14
5,248 reads
Counting code lines in SPs with Powershell
One of interesting tasks I once had is to check the # of code lines for all user stored procedures (SPs)...
2011-08-14
1,402 reads
Great new analytical functions in SQL Server 2011 “Denali”
SQL Server 2011 “Denali” is quite rich for new functions which have really good practical use in T-SQL. I’ve read...
2011-08-14
652 reads
Recursively Enumerating Local and AD Groups
If you ever need to flatten out groups which may include nested local and AD groups there’s a really easy...
2011-08-14
4,251 reads
Blogs
Microsoft announces new cybersecurity AI multi-model
By Brian Kelley
Yesterday, July 27, 2026, Microsoft announced a new cybersecurity effort called Project Perception. Included...
Getting the SQL Server MCP Server Running
By Steve Jones
If you’ve wanted a SQL Server MCP server for your databases, it’s available. The...
Introducing azsql-migration-test: Test and Validate Azure SQL Database Migrations
Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against...
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