When Did That Restore Finish?
I saw this question come across Twitter under the #sqlhelp tag one day and was wondering myself. Someone suggested the...
2011-07-28
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Blog Posts
Exceptional DBA of the Year 2011 - Please vote for Jeff Moden
Every year Redgate has a competition to find the most
exceptional DBA of the year. This year too they are conducting....
2011-07-27
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Lookup functions in SSRS 2008 R2 - II
Introduction
In my last post on Lookup functions related to SSRS 2008 R2, I had explained Lookup(). It is used to...
2011-07-27
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Preparing for #sqlsat81
SQL Saturday 81 is coming up this weekend in Birmingham AL. This will be my 5th SQL Saturday to speak...
2011-07-27
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Searching for Wild Card Characters
I got asked an interesting question recently, I was demonstrating how you can use wild cards in a WHERE clauses...
2011-07-27
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Some Common Disk Drives Compared
Since I talked about how wonderful the newer Western Digital Black 6Gbps SATA III hard drives are a couple of...
2011-07-27
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SQL Server does not script indexes by default
Here is a got-ya that happened to me. In SQL Server I want to generate a script of all the...
2011-07-27
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SQLSaturday #85 Orlando: Pragmatic Works BI Pre-Con!
I’m very proud to announce that Pragmatic Works will be presenting a Business Intelligence Workshop pre-con for SQLSaturday #85 in...
2011-07-27
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Strengths Finder 2.0
I’ve made the commitment to read and review 12 books over 12 months as a part of continuous personal development....
2011-07-27
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What is the hardest part of planning a SQL Saturday?
For me so far it has been the speaker selection. Getting sponsors didn’t prove to be difficult, we have a...
2011-07-27
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Blogs
Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
By Zikato
When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
T-SQL Tuesday #200: When I Look at a Query …
By Steve Jones
This month is a milestone for T-SQL Tuesday. It’s number 200, which doesn’t sound...
Reflections on the Life of a DBA
The DBA life is fraught with pain. Those battles that we endure are mostly...
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Checking the Error Log I
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Checking the Error Log I
On my SQL Server 2025, I want to search the error log from my T-SQL code for potential issues and then inform an administrator. What is the current way to easily query the error log?
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