Following on from a previous blog post (https://blobeater.blog/2021/01/15/sql-server-linux/) on installing SQL Linux, a common requirement will be the need to connect to it to issue queries, typically via SQLCMD)....
2021-01-25
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This is a bit of a longer one, a look at how to do all the different joins and the exciting thing for MSSQL developers is that we get...
2021-01-25
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While presenting Backup Basics with Powershell and dbatools at ONDT, I mentioned a caveat with the -ReplaceExisting switch for Install-DbaMaintenanceSolution. This switch drops all of the objects installed by...
2021-01-25
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While presenting Backup Basics with Powershell and dbatools at ONDT, I mentioned a caveat with the -ReplaceExisting switch for Install-DbaMaintenanceSolution. This switch drops all of the objects installed by...
2021-01-25
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Statistics objects are important for allowing the SQL Server Optimizer to make good estimates and form efficient execution plans. Related to that it's useful for us to understand when...
2021-01-25 (first published: 2021-01-18)
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This blog post is about a situation where you are capitalising an argument in bash and you get the following error: bash: ${state^^}: bad substitution In this example I...
2021-01-24
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This blog post is about a situation where writing an IF THEN ELSE statement with variables fails with something like ./scalePREPROD.sh: line 26: [[1: command not found This was...
2021-01-23
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We just finished a memorial for Gareth Swanepoel. He was an amazing person and someone I wish I’d gotten to ... Continue reading
2021-01-22 (first published: 2021-01-14)
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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...
2021-01-22
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Last week we lost another SQLFamily member. Gareth Swanepoel passed away on 8 Jan 2021. He was a fellow speaker, jolly fellow, and Microsoft PM. Across many years of...
2021-01-22 (first published: 2021-01-14)
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By Chris Yates
I get asked a lot about why or how I began working with databases...
By Steve Jones
Earlier this year I visited a customer that was using the Redgate Monitor webhook...
By Zikato
TSQL ScriptDOM is a useful library for parsing scripts into an abstract syntax tree....
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I run this code:
create database experiment
go
use Experiment
go
select DATABASEPROPERTYEX('Experiment', 'LastGoodCheckDbTime')
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