Quickly Identify Configuration Drift In Your Environment
As you sit and wonder about when the next Star Wars movie is going to come out, do you ever get the thought of “I wonder if all my...
2021-07-13
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GarryBargsley
Where are my SQL Server Errors?
Have you ever opened the SQL Server Error Log and wondered, “where are all the errors?” Digging through the Error Log to find what you need can be a...
2021-06-02 (first published: 2021-05-20)
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SQL Agent Jobs – When Success is Failure
Have you ever run across an issue that made you take a step back and scratch your head? Recently, I had this exact situation hit my Inbox. One of...
2021-03-31
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T-SQL Tuesday #135 – Tools Used for Getting Organized
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is being hosted by Mikey Bronowski. The subject he chose is “The outstanding tools of the trade that make your job awesome.” Tools are the...
2021-02-09
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What is a model database?
Do you ever take a look at SSMS in the System Databases section? People that are new to SQL Server might or might not know much about these essential...
2021-02-04 (first published: 2021-01-26)
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[MSSQLTIPS] Rookie of the Year Candidate – Vote for ME
Welcome to the New Year of 2021. For some people I know, they might prefer to forget most if not all of 2020. Personally, I am not one...
2021-01-04
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[PowerShell Newbie] Using Start-Transcript
This week we are going to launch a blog series geared towards folks that are new to PowerShell. The growing popularity of automation is seeing people getting started with...
2020-12-09 (first published: 2020-11-24)
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Export SQL Server Configurations for DR purposes
Is your SQL environment prepared for a disaster? There are big and small disasters and depending on your perspective big and small can mean different things. Preparing your environment...
2020-11-16 (first published: 2020-11-10)
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Blog Refresh – Growing Readers
Happy Tuesday everyone… In early 2017 I started blogging on this site in hopes of sharing new technology I was learning. The first post was as you could guess,...
2020-10-27
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How To: Create Schema Only Database Copies
Have you ever been asked to make a schema only copy of a database? What is your preferred method to complete this request? Below we will discuss how to...
2020-10-26 (first published: 2020-10-20)
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Blogs
Using Framing for a Running Total–#SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for...
Accessibility in your PowerPoint slide deck
This post is part of the series I kicked off here. You can read...
Daily Coping 28 Jul 2021
By Steve Jones
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to...
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Conditional Update of Column
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