Be Cautious About Invoke-SqlCmd Bug
With PowerShell becoming more popular in daily DBA work, I’d like to mention one huge ugly bug I recently encountered...
2015-10-25
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DBA Philosophy
Be Cautious About Invoke-SqlCmd Bug
With PowerShell becoming more popular in daily DBA work, I’d like to mention one huge ugly bug I recently encountered...
2015-10-25
355 reads
Database Administration via CrowdSourcing
According to Wikipedia:
Crowdsourcing is the process of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group...
2015-05-25
664 reads
Database Administration via CrowdSourcing
According to Wikipedia:
Crowdsourcing is the process of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group...
2015-05-25
322 reads
Award from MSSQLTIPS.com
Today, I am excited and humbled to learn that I am awarded “Rookie of the Year – 2014” by MSSQLTips.com.
I have...
2015-01-14
670 reads
Award from MSSQLTIPS.com
Today, I am excited and humbled to learn that I am awarded “Rookie of the Year – 2014” by MSSQLTips.com.
I have...
2015-01-14
312 reads
Bug in SQL Server 2014 SQLPS For Registered Servers/Groups
I recently had an opportunity to write an article for mssqltips.com on managing registered servers under “local server groups”, and...
2014-06-07
3,180 reads
Decode SQL Server Job Schedules
As once a data architect, I cannot help but admiring and appreciating the data model behind the sql server job...
2014-04-07
1,521 reads
Fun in DateTime Calculations
Recently I was working on a task that needs to handle various datetime calculations, and it is really fun.
Usually there...
2014-03-12 (first published: 2014-03-02)
4,579 reads
Fun in DateTime Calculations
Recently I was working on a task that needs to handle various datetime calculations, and it is really fun.
Usually there...
2014-03-02
716 reads
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The Ending Substring
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The Ending Substring
In Azure SQL Database and SQL Server 2025, if I run this, what is returned?
SELECT '[' + SUBSTRING('Steve Jones', 7) + ']' See possible answers