Did you know…you can’t do arithmetic operations with datetime2 like with datetime?
I’m currently working on a SQL code migration from Firebird to SQL Server and I hit an error that I...
2018-04-11 (first published: 2018-04-06)
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Cláudio Silva
dbachecks – A different approach for an in-progress and incremental validation
dbachecks is a new PowerShell module from the SQL Server Community! For more information, read introducing dbachecks. If you don't...
2018-02-22
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dbachecks – Using Power BI dashboards to analyse results
For the last couple of months, members of the dbatools team have been working on a new PowerShell module called...
2018-02-22
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I will be speaking at SQL Bits 2018
In two weeks from now, on 23rd of February, I will be speaking at SQLBits 2018! It’s my first time on the largest SQL Server conference in Europe for...
2018-02-09
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Using dbatools to verify your SQL Server instances version compliance
One of the main DBA's duties is to guarantee that SQL Server instances are up-to-date in terms of patches (Service...
2018-01-23
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New version of sp_WhoIsActive (v11.20) is available – Deployed on 123 instances in less than 1 minute
Last night, I received Adam Machanic's (b | t) newsletter "Announcing sp_whoisactive v11.20: Live Query Plans". For those who don't know...
2017-12-15 (first published: 2017-12-05)
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New version of sp_WhoIsActive (v11.20) is available - Deployed on 123 instances in less than 1 minute
Last night, I received Adam Machanic’s (b | t) newsletter “Announcing sp_whoisactive v11.20: Live Query Plans”.
For those who don’t know about it, sp_WhoIsActive is a stored procedure that provides...
2017-12-05
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Using Common Table Expression (CTE) – Did you know…
Today I will write just a short blog post to do a quick reminder! I still hear a lot of...
2017-11-30
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Using Common Table Expression (CTE) - Did you know...
Today I will write just a short blog post to do a quick reminder!
I still hear a lot of people suggesting CTEs because they think it works like a...
2017-11-30
8 reads
TSQL Tuesday #96: Folks Who Have Made a Difference
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is brought to us by Ewald Cress (blog | twitter) and is all about “folks who have made a difference” in our careers.
Thank you, Ewald! This is...
2017-11-14
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
This T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by the one and only James Serra – literally...
T-SQL Tuesday #196: Taking Risks
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, James Serra. I’ve been trying to find...
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would it be so terrible to install ssms on a few user desktops?
Hi, ssms is free here. I can think of other reasons to do this...
I'm thinking about submitting some articles
I've written some documentation on using different Markdown types of files on GitHub. It's...
Not Just an Upgrade
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Question of the Day
Restoring On Top I
I am doing development work on a database and want to keep a backup so I can reset my database. I make some changes and want to restore over top of my changes. When I run this code, what happens?
USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO USE DNRTest GO CREATE TABLE MyTest(myid INT) GO USE master RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACESee possible answers