dbatools v1.0? It’s available – Check it out!
Dear reader, before continue please open a PowerShell console and run the following command: If you are doing this on the date of this blog post, you have just...
2019-06-19
61 reads
Cláudio Silva
dbatools v1.0? It's available - Check it out!
Dear reader, before continue please open a PowerShell console and run the following command:
Install-Module -Name dbatools If you are doing this on the date of this blog post, you...
2019-06-19
1 reads
“Ups…I have deleted some data. Can you put it back?” – dbatools for the rescue
Few days ago I received a request to restore a dozen of tables because someone have deleted more data than it was supposed. I immediately thought about dbatools for...
2019-06-04 (first published: 2019-05-17)
1,230 reads
'Ups...I have deleted some data. Can you put it back?' - dbatools for the rescue
Few days ago I received a request to restore a dozen of tables because someone have deleted more data than it was supposed. I immediately thought about dbatools for...
2019-05-17
1 reads
Scripting SQL Server objects with dbatools – Beyond default options
Probably you had the need to script out some objects from a SQL Server instance/database and this is quite easy. You just need to right click on the object...
2019-05-29 (first published: 2019-05-15)
2,109 reads
Access is denied – Using DTCPing utility between two Windows Server 2016
Few days ago a client requested the configuration of MSDTC (Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator). NOTE: If you want to know more about it here is a nice FAQ from...
2019-05-21 (first published: 2019-05-10)
5,166 reads
SSMS GUI not working? Try to use T-SQL!
One of the good things, when we have new clients, is that sometimes they have needs that you never heard before. This does not necessarily mean that they are...
2019-04-11 (first published: 2019-03-29)
1,142 reads
SQL Server Operations Studio and VSCode: The wrong default datetimeoffset format
This post is to answer the question: “You are used to seeing in the format of yyyy-MM-dd right?” that I...
2018-09-12
421 reads
Triggers: The hidden logic that will strike back – TSQL Tuesday #106
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is brought by Steve Jones (b | t) and he wants to know if triggers causes headaches...
2018-09-11
244 reads
Triggers: The hidden logic that will strike back - TSQL Tuesday #106
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is brought by Steve Jones (b | t) and he wants to know if triggers causes headaches or happiness to us.
This is the 106nd edition...
2018-09-11
2 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
Self-Hosting a Photo Server the Whole Family Can Use
By Bert Wagner
Until recently, my family's 90,000+ photos have been hidden away in the depths of...
Forums
SQL Server 2025 Backup Compression Algorithm
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server 2025 Backup Compression...
The Large Encoded Value
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Large Encoded Value
The Side Job
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Side Job
Question of the Day
The Large Encoded Value
I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
See possible answers