SQL Express and the Curse of the Perfmon Counters
On a dark and spooky night in the land of SQL Server make-believe, a young warrior was asked to slay...
2012-02-05
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Kyle Neier
Delivering Three PTI SQL 2012 Firestarter Webcasts
I have been given the opportunity to deliver a few webcasts about some of the new features of SQL Server...
2012-02-03
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Verifying Last Successful CheckDB with Powershell and SMO - sorta
A few years ago, I wrote a script that was published on SQLServerCentral.com about how to verify the last successful...
2012-02-03
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Eliminating Successful Backup messages with Powershell and SMO
As a DBA, I enjoy knowing that the better job I do, the less likely it is that any of...
2012-01-17
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Safely Restart SQL Agent with Powershell
I recently had to enable tokens in SQL Agent across about 50 instances. Unfortunately, enabling tokens requires a SQL Agent...
2012-01-05
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Modifying SQL Server Synonyms – this time with Powershell
So, how do you recover from the Holidays? Hot Cocoa by the fire? Relaxing evening with your spouse watching an...
2011-12-26
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Modifying SQL Server Synonyms
One task that often needs to be done when migrating a database to production for the first time is to...
2011-12-20
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Adding Servers to SQL CMS (Central Management Server) using Powershell
One challenge I’ve had recently is getting a list of servers imported in to a CMS (Central Management Server). While...
2011-12-13
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Sp_altermessage “Classic”, much better than “New” sp_altermessage
I was reading through the SQL Server 2005 SP3 release notes yesterday (sadly, it was enjoyable) and clicked through to...
2008-12-19
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OLEDB Wait Stats in SQL Server 2005
Over the past several months, I’ve started diving into the world of wait stats on my instances. An ever present...
2008-12-03
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Blogs
Daily Coping 17 Sep 2021
By Steve Jones
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to...
Ethics in Modern Data at Music City Tech 2021
By Will Assaf
On Sept 16, Christine and I presented our joint presentation on Ethics in Modern Data at...
Slides and Video from Building a Regret-free Foundation for your Data Factory Now Available
Last week, Kerry and I delivered a webinar with tips on how to set...
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