The SSMS Super Clipboard (Day 13)
We’re all used to using the clipboard in Windows programs. You copy something into it with Ctrl+C, and paste it...
2018-01-13
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A Discussion of SQL Server-Related Topics
Changing Case (Day 12)
In yesterday’s tip, I showed an example of changing a block of text from upper case to lower case. However,...
2018-01-12
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Block Select/Replace (Day 11)
While Regular Expressions lets us work with text not cleanly formatted, if you are trying to work with text that...
2018-01-11
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Regular Expressions (Day 10)
Have you ever downloaded a script from an internet site, only to find that there are extra blank lines between...
2018-01-10
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Multi-Server Queries (Day 9)
Have you ever had to run a query on multiple servers? You could connect to each server one by one...
2018-01-09
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SQLCMD Mode (Day 8)
Have you ever had a script where you needed to run parts of it on different instances of SQL Server...
2018-01-08
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Template Variables (Day 7)
Do you have scripts that you need to run frequently, but every time you need to set some different parameters?...
2018-01-18 (first published: 2018-01-07)
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Vertical Scroll Bar Map Mode (Day 6)
Have you ever had a long script that you are trying to scroll through? Do you wish that you could...
2018-01-06
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Working with Query Files (Day 5)
So you’re working with a query that you have loaded from a saved file. And now you want to open...
2018-01-05
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Pinned Tabs (Day 4)
Have you ever been working in SSMS where you need to frequently access one particular script, but you are spending...
2018-01-04
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Blogs
Funny Money: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
Why Database AI Agents need Layers?
By Arun Sirpal
Third part in my Ai series with databases. When building AI solutions within the...
Un-Migrating From the Cloud: T-SQL Tuesday #199
By Steve Jones
This month we have a very interesting invitation from Koen Verbeeck. He has hosted...
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Secure Communications
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Question of the Day
Secure Communications
As of June 2026, what is the best version of TLS to use with SQL Server?
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