Speaking at SQL Saturday Nashville
I am excited and honored to announce that I have been selected to speak at SQL Saturday Nashville on January 12, 2019. I’ve been to Nashville before, in fact...
2019-01-04
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Blog Posts
Speaking at SQL Saturday Nashville
I am excited and honored to announce that I have been selected to speak at SQL Saturday Nashville on January...
2019-01-04
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Speaking at SQLBits
I got an early Christmas present this year, I found out I had been selected to speak at SQLBits! That’s what I call a gift that keeps on giving....
2019-01-04
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Speaking at SQLBits
I got an early Christmas present this year, I found out I had been selected to speak at SQLBits! That’s...
2019-01-04
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Year in Review 2018 – The Year of Making a Difference – Up to 50
Rough Year, But 50 Kids, Can’t Beat That!
Last year was a pretty rough year personally. I totaled two cars, not...
2019-01-04
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Automating CRUD procedures generation using T-SQL (enhanced).
In this post I will describe the helper procedure that based on metadata generates numerous database objects around views and...
2019-01-03
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Changing the Collation of the Instance, the Databases, and All Columns in All User Databases: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Demystifying What “sqlservr -q” Actually Does
(last updated: 2019-01-07 @ 02:25 EST / 2019-01-07 @ 07:45 UTC )
For various reasons, people sometimes find themselves...
2019-01-03 (first published: 2018-06-12)
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Event Tracing for Windows Target
There are many useful targets within SQL Server's Extended Events. Of all of the targets, the most daunting is probably the Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) target. The ETW...
2019-01-03
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Event Tracing for Windows Target
There are many useful targets within SQL Server’s Extended Events. Of all of the targets, the most daunting is probably...
2019-01-03
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File Maintenance – Cleaning Up Old Files
Using SSIS to Maintain the File System
We have all run into a need or a desire to clean up old...
2019-01-03 (first published: 2018-12-21)
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Blogs
Capturing My Own Metrics: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
A customer was trying to compare two tables and capture a state as a...
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...
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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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