Use PowerShell to Add a Login to a Database Role in all Databases

Mark Freeman (@m60freeman) posted a question on Twitter using the #sqlhelp hashtag today, asking "Does anyone have a script to...

What is SSMS Addin

SSMS is abbreviation of SQL Server Management Studio, according to Microsoft description it is “an integrated environment for accessing, configuring,...

Duplicate Identity Values?

Can you have duplicate values in a field with the identity property? Of course, and this does it.
DROP TABLE dbo.MyTable

CREATE...

June 2011 Version of SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Queries

Since it is June, I thought it was time to update my SQL Server 2008 (and 2008 R2) Diagnostic Information...

Just Deserts

Here’s another photo from my phone, this one from SQLSaturday Tampa in the cafeteria area. An easy typo to make,...

NEW: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Administration Cookbook

I have had the pleasure of knowing and communicating with Mr. Satya Shyam K. Jayanty, aka Satya/aka SQLMaster|twitterfor several years...

PASS 2011 Pre-Conference Seminars and Spotlight Sessions Released

I have wanted to go to PASS Summit for the last several years, but have yet to get an opportunity...

Un-SQL Friday #004: Speaker Lessons Learned

I began writing a story about, shall we say, a less than positive speaking experience…and then I realized: This is...

Windows 8 demo

A Windows 8 demo was just released.  Looks really cool.  Check it out at Previewing ‘Windows 8’ as well as Microsoft’s...

Do You Ever Physically Defragment Your SQL Server MDF & LDF Files?

Every since the first file was written to a floppy disk drive using DOS, physical file fragmentation has been a...