MySQL has this feature that SQL Server needs
In the grand scheme of things, MySQL and SQL Server operate in different realms. It’s difficult to compare them because...
2017-11-22
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Born SQL with Randolph West
SQL Server 2017 Administration Inside Out
For the last five months or so, I have been helping some really smart people put words on paper, both...
2017-11-15
569 reads
T-SQL Tuesday: The Contributing Factor
Ewald Cress writes: Find a person or several people to pick on, and tell us a shareable story or two...
2017-11-14
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Is Transparent Data Encryption just security theatre?
I love theatre. In six months I am putting on two one-act plays for a local festival, because I don’t...
2017-11-08
330 reads
Gimmicks that work: XE Profiler in SQL Server Management Studio
I have a favourite new feature of SQL Server Management Studio 17.3 (SSMS), and that’s XE Profiler, which allows you to...
2017-11-01
492 reads
Repair a Windows Server 2016 installation
This is more for my benefit in the future, but hopefully it can help someone else too. We recently had...
2017-10-25
4,283 reads
The perils of RAID
Recently, I was asked to assist an organization with getting their data back for a SQL Server that had experienced...
2017-10-18
620 reads
Why is a value in DATETIME2 8 bytes, but in BINARY it is 9 bytes?
In the #sqlhelp Slack channel on the SQL Server Community Slack workspace last month, Jemma Hooper asked: When trying to...
2017-10-11
456 reads
Changes to Service Packs and Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2017
For a few years now, Microsoft has augmented its irregular release of Service Packs with a more frequent Cumulative Update...
2017-10-04
441 reads
Compañero Conference and SQL Modernization Roadshow
October is a busy month for me. I am flying all over the US and Canada for speaking engagements to...
2017-09-27
542 reads
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...
Forums
Create an HTML Report on the Status of SQL Server Agent Jobs
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The Last Good DBCC Run
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count the number of NULLs in a row
Hi everyone I have a SP that finds the average based on 3 tables. ...
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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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