Quick Table Info Export with PowerShell
This week I had a user come to me asking about how fields were defined on a few tables he was using in writing some reports. Long story short,...
2018-05-18
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FLX SQL
Processing SQL Saturday Raffle Tickets with PowerShell
Every year, I spend the Sunday after SQL Saturday Rochester scanning & processing raffle tickets for our wonderful sponsors. Here’s how the system works:
Attendees get tickets (one ticket per...
2018-04-10
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Appearance: SQL Data Partners Podcast
A couple weeks ago Carlos L. Cachon (blog|twitter) put out a call on Twitter looking for SQL Saturday organizers to join him on the SQL Data Partners Podcast. When...
2018-03-08
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T-SQL Tuesday #99 - Dealer's Choice / sqlibrium
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday from Aaron Bertrand gives us a choice:
Life beyond the technical in a search for what Drew with the Burdensome Name calls #sqlibrium Your own T-SQL...
2018-02-13
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PASS Summit 2017 Wrap-Up - The People!
I need a new social media profile picture.
That’s one of the most important (non-technical) conclusions I drew from my week at PASS Summit 2017. It seemed like everywhere I...
2018-02-05
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How to Help with dbatools Comment-based Help
I wrote a post over on the dbatools website about how to get involved with improving comment-based help
Working on the CBH is a great way to get started with...
2017-11-29
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Parens (Really) Matter for Unions
In the course of testing a major upgrade, one of my users in Accounting happened upon a problem with one of her scenarios. The web app we were working...
2017-11-22
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SQL Saturday Returns to Rochester!
I am very happy to announce that SQL Saturday returns to Rochester, NY on March 24, 2018. This is the Flour/Flower City’s seventh SQL Saturday and SQL Saturday #723...
2017-11-21
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One Line of Code Is All It Takes
This tweet showed up in the dbatools Slack channel Friday afternoon.
Just did my first Pull Request to "contribute" to @psdbatools. Granted, the code change was a single line of...
2017-11-18
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T-SQL Tuesday #96: Folks Who Have Made a Difference
It’s time for T-SQL Tuesday and this month’s edition is hosted by Ewald Cress (blog|twitter). It’s non-technical this month because we’re all recovering from PASS Summit. Ewald asks us...
2017-11-14
Blogs
The fundamental requirements of a reporting system
By ChrisJenkins
There are some fundamental boxes that your reporting system must tick. ✅ The figures...
Seeing the Bigger Picture: How A Monitoring Tool Changed My Approach to Estate Management
By Chris Yates
When it comes to managing complex database environments, having the right monitoring solution is...
A New Word: Foilsick
By Steve Jones
foilsick – adj. feeling ashamed after revealing a little too much of yourself to...
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The Last Good DBCC Run
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The Last Good DBCC Run
I want to check when DBCC CHECKDB was last run on my Baseball database. What code should I use?
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