dbatools for the accidental DBA
dbatools is a very well known tool within the SQL Server community, and probably most of the production DBA’s are...
2019-04-04 (first published: 2019-03-18)
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DBA Mastery
Speaker at SQL Saturday’s Guatemala city 2019
I’m very happy to announce that for the second year in a row I will be participating as speaker in...
2019-02-15
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Multi-server scripts with SSMS using SQLCMD mode
SSMS is the most common tool used by SQL Developers or DBA’s but unfortunately there are some features that are...
2019-01-30 (first published: 2019-01-16)
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Determine database version from a bak file
Have you ever imagine you can determine the version of SQL Server from a bak or a MDF file? I...
2018-11-26 (first published: 2018-11-15)
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Is your SQL Server environment ready for GDPR? Part 2
In my previous blog post of this topic, I talked about the definition of what GDPR is and also described...
2018-11-09 (first published: 2018-10-30)
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Creating Wait stats widget on Azure Data Studio for macOS
A couple of weeks ago, Microsoft released a new multi-platform tool called Azure Data Studio, this tool is the final...
2018-10-18 (first published: 2018-10-09)
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Starting SSMS with a specific connection and script file
Have you ever wanted SSMS to start and automatically and establish a connection to your DBA \ hub server and have...
2018-10-15 (first published: 2018-10-02)
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I will be speaking at SQL Saturday # 788 – Denver
I’m very thrilled to announce that I will be participating as speaker in Denver’s SQL Saturday that will take place on...
2018-09-07
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MAXDOP Calculator
Every time I conduct a SQL Server health check, it’s pretty common for me to find wrong configurations at instance...
2018-08-28
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Guatemala SQL Server local group
Good news for all the Guatemalan data professionals, starting from August 2018 you have an official PASS SQL Server local...
2018-08-23
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
Forums
Risk Vs Reward, The never ending ROI discussion.
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Risk Vs Reward, The never...
Trigger isn't working
Hi, I have a trigger, that works fine elsewhere but is not working at...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas IV
In Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many geo-replicas can be created?
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