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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Cláudio Silva
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
7 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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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
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...
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Question of the Day
UNISTR Escape
In SQL Server 2025, I run this command:
SELECT UNISTR('*3041*308A*304C\3068 and good night', '*') as "A Classic";
What is returned? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
A: 
B: 
C: 
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