Writing Output from Powershell
One of the things we often want to do when building a PoSh script is to get some output. I first learned about Write-Host, but I learned over time...
2020-10-22 (first published: 2020-10-14)
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Blog Posts
Copying an Azure SQL Database
Copying an Azure SQL Database is a vital skill when managing cloud databases. Recently, a request was received from the “business”. They wanted to create a copy of an...
2020-10-21 (first published: 2020-10-13)
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Daily Coping 21 Oct 2020
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...
2020-10-21
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How to Import Perfmon Data into a SQL Server for Analysis
If you followed the last video, I showed you how to set up windows perfmon for ongoing performance metric collection on all of your critical SQL Server machines. However,...
2020-10-21
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Shell to Script Shortcut
I’ve been meaning to write something this post for a while but the stars have aligned this week. Garry Bargsley (blog | twitter) published a post about making a...
2020-10-21
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The T-SQL Tuesday Corollary
T-SQL Tuesday is a fantastic series of blog posts derived from over 130 topics over the past 11 years, inviting bloggers to share their thoughts on a particular theme...
2020-10-21
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T-SQL Tuesday #131 – Database Analogies
This post is for the most recent #tsql2sday, a monthly exercise where a topic is proposed by a community member and everyone is invited to post their thoughts on...
2020-10-21 (first published: 2020-10-13)
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A table is like a library : T-SQL Tuesday #131
Rob Volk (blog|twitter) is our host for TSQL Tuesday this month and wants us to Explain a database subject like ... Continue reading
2020-10-20 (first published: 2020-10-13)
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Azure Databricks to Power BI
A very common approach is to query data straight from Databricks via Power BI. For this you need Databricks token and the JDBC address URL. This is found within...
2020-10-20
29 reads
Daily Coping 20 Oct 2020
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...
2020-10-20
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Blogs
In Memory of Andrew Clarke, AKA Phil Factor
By Steve Jones
One of the parts of getting older that really sucks is I seem to...
Leading Through the Noise: Harnessing Data in the Age of Digital Overload
By Chris Yates
The New Leadership Frontier In today’s digital landscape, leaders are no longer just visionaries....
A New Word: Anderance
By Steve Jones
anderance – n. the awareness that your partner perceives the relationship from a totally...
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taking the rcsi dive
Hi, we put together an extract that runs every 15 minutes against what i...
Parameter Sensitive Plan Optimization in SQL Server 2022
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Minimum Change Tracking Retention
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Question of the Day
Minimum Change Tracking Retention
If I am running this code:
ALTER DATABASE AdventureWorks2017 SET CHANGE_TRACKING = ON (CHANGE_RETENTION=xxx);What is the minimum amount of time I can set? See possible answers