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
370 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
690 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
340 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
691 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
332 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
3,204 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
1,582 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)
4,608 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
736 reads
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Hyperscale Replicas V
I have an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition system running with a geo-replica enabled. Can I create a new geo-replica based on the current secondary geo-replica?
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