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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GarryBargsley
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)
423 reads
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)
624 reads
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)
1,384 reads
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)
272 reads
Checking your dumps!!!
No, No, not those dumps: SQL Server Memory dumps!! Recently, I was on Slack and wondered into the #firstresponderkit channel. I am a big fan of all the First...
2020-10-13 (first published: 2020-10-06)
666 reads
Failing SQL Agent Jobs – Part 4
Here we are, another Tuesday!! It is time for our Fourth and final installment in the Failing SQL Agent Jobs series. This week, we will cover how to store...
2020-10-06 (first published: 2020-09-29)
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Blogs
A New Word: Vicarous
By Steve Jones
vicarous – adj. curious to know what someone else would do if they were...
SQL Server Cross Platform Availability Groups and Kubernetes
Say we have a database that we want to migrate a copy of into...
Using Managed Identities with Azure SQL DB
We are trying to get apps and users off of using SQL accounts to...
Forums
View works for me ...but doesn't return results for a user in SSMS but no errors
Hi I have this view to check if a job is running: SELECT...
Dark mode, other color schemes
All, if you are like me and do not care for the built-in color...
Question of the Day
Internal Checkpoints
Certain internal SQL Server actions cause internal checkpoints. Which of these actions does not cause an internal checkpoint?
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