A Month of PowerShell – Day 5 (Scripting – Putting it together)
Welcome to Day 5 of my “A Month of PowerShell” series. This series will use the series landing page on...
2013-02-05
1,661 reads
A Discussion of SQL Server-Related Topics
Invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #39 – Can you shell what the PoSH is Cooking?
T-SQL Tuesday Party History
In case you’ve been hiding out in the desert, oblivious to all that goes on, there is...
2013-02-08 (first published: 2013-02-05)
1,566 reads
A Month of PowerShell – Day 4 (Scripting)
Welcome to Day 4 of my “A Month of PowerShell” series. This series will use the series landing page on...
2013-02-04
998 reads
A Month of PowerShell – Day 3 (Security)
Welcome to Day 3 of my “A Month of PowerShell” series. This series will use the series landing page on...
2013-02-03
1,616 reads
A Month of PowerShell – Day 2 (Variables and Operators)
Welcome to Day 2 of my “A Month of PowerShell” series. This series will use the series landing page on...
2013-02-02
1,862 reads
A Month of PowerShell – Day 1 (Getting Started)
Welcome to Day 1 of my “A Month of PowerShell” series. PowerShell is one of those things that I know...
2013-02-01
2,212 reads
Adding new data files to a log shipped database
I ran into an interesting problem recently. There is a 4TB database that is log shipped to a DR site,...
2013-01-28 (first published: 2013-01-21)
1,829 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #38 – Standing Firm
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Jason Brimhall. Being as this is January, lots of people are making New...
2013-01-08
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Ghost Cleanup process
I’ve been digging deeper into the Ghost Cleanup process recently, and quite naturally my quest lead to Paul Randal’s blog....
2012-12-17
14,013 reads
TSQL Tuesday #37 – Joins and Implicit Conversions
Here we are at TSQL Tuesday #37 – the start of the fourth year. Sebastian Meine (@sqlity / blog) is hosting this...
2012-12-11
2,014 reads
Blogs
Advice I Like: Responsibility
By Steve Jones
“The foundation of maturity: Just because it’s not your fault doesn’t mean it’s not...
Power BI Performance in 2026: A Practical Guide to Faster Semantic Models and Reports
By James Serra
Originally published April 2022; substantially updated July 2026. This post is a complete replacement...
Getting Started with Azure SQL Developer on Macbook
The idea behind Azure SQL Developer is for anyone to build, iterate, and test...
Forums
Migration Challenge: Excessive FULLSCAN Statistics Update Duration Blocking SQL
Hello everyone , I am planning to migrate a database from SQL Server 2014...
SQL Agent Job Automated Change Capture Process
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Agent Job Automated Change...
Another Model, More Data Loss
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Question of the Day
Finding a Database Master Key
Where do I check for the existence of a Database Master Key (DMK) in SQL Server 2025?
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