Daily Coping 16 Mar 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-03-16
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Blog Posts
Data dictionary script
I restarted speaking with New Stars of Data today – I gave a talk on Database documentation. Below is the script I created to pull metadata into an excel...
2021-03-16 (first published: 2021-03-12)
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T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #011: Misconceptions
(If you would like to read the previous T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective entries, visit this link.) In October 2010, Sankar Reddy asked us which misconceptions we’ve been labouring under when...
2021-03-16 (first published: 2021-03-10)
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Apologies
Hello all! I wanted to apologize to you. I haven’t been keeping up with the blog well at all over the last couple of months. I have simply been...
2021-03-15
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Daily Coping 15 Mar 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-03-15
13 reads
Getting SQL Services Information with Powershell
Hopefully you already know everything about your SQL estate, including what services are installed and what’s running them, either because it’s so small you just know, or, preferably, you...
2021-03-15
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How SQL Server Synonyms Help Database DevOps
Synonyms inside SQL Server are one of those useful but forgotten features. A synonym is a database level object that allows you to provide an alternative name for another...
2021-03-15 (first published: 2021-03-10)
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My new Home Studio Setup
(Be sure to checkout the FREE SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan - you get a weekly email packed with all the essential knowledge you need to know about performance...
2021-03-15
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My new Home Studio Setup
(Be sure to checkout the FREE SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan - you get a weekly email packed with all the essential knowledge you need to know about performance...
2021-03-15
6 reads
My new Home Studio Setup
(Be sure to checkout the FREE SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan - you get a weekly email packed with all the essential knowledge you need to know about performance...
2021-03-15
11 reads
Blogs
Using SQL Compare with Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
Redgate recently released SQL Compare v16, which included a new feature to work with...
Who’s the Winningest Coach (with AI Help)
By Steve Jones
I was listening to the radio the other day and the hosts were discussing...
Learning from Mistakes: T-SQL Tuesday #194
By Steve Jones
We’re a week late, once again my fault. I was still coming out of...
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Azure-SSIS, Self-Hosted Integration Runtime, & Data Gateway?
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What is Page Density
In SQL Server, there is a concept of page density. This is determined by how much data is stored on each page. What is a page density of 90%?
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