Listing SQL Instances on a machine (or list of machines)
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Recently I was updating some of my Powershell scripts for managing SQL SERVER instances.
Generally, when writing a Powershell script to...
2012-04-17
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measure twice, cut once.
SQL Saturday 136 – Wellington. Speakers review.
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On Saturday 16th April 2012, I attended SQL Saturday #136 in Wellington, New Zealand.
The day was run by Dave Curlewis [Blog...
2012-04-16
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Speaking at SQL Saturday #136 – Wellington, New Zealand
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On Saturday 14th April I’ll be speaking at SQL Saturday 136 in Wellington, New Zealand.
My presentation is titled “Extended Events...
2012-04-12
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Database ownership
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One of the features that I most like about management studio is the ability to generate a script of the...
2012-04-04
951 reads
Remote DAC connections
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I wrote a post recently about setting the DAC port for an SQL instance.
I now do this as a matter...
2012-03-31
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Setting the DAC port….
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I had a situation today where I needed to ensure that the dedicated Administrator connection (DAC) ran on a specific port.
The main...
2012-01-31
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Watch those VARCHAR(MAX) columns, and ONLINE index rebuilds
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I’ve noted a few instances lately of cases where VARCHAR(MAX) columns have been used unnecessarily, when a small value (for a...
2011-10-26
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sp_configure OR sys.configurations? and do you back these up?
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I was checking out some of our configuration options today using sys.configurations and I started to wonder how many people...
2011-10-20
6,768 reads
Dropping a database – such a simple thing!
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I think it’s a safe bet that everybody here has issued a DROP DATABASE statement and knows what to expect.
Well,...
2011-10-18
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Online index rebuilds
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I’m probably not the only one that has noticed that as the volume of data gets bigger in out databases,...
2011-09-28
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Blogs
Beginner’s Guide: Create a File Organizer CLI Tool in Rust
Image from Afdhaluddin on ShutterstockCLI which is generally referred to as Command Line Interface...
The Third Sabbatical
By Steve Jones
I can’t believe I’ve been at Redgate long enough to get a third sabbatical....
Advice I Like: Focus on what’s important
By Steve Jones
Don’t let someone else’s urgency becomes your emergency. In fact, don’t be governed by...
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Can You Ask for a Raise?
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Stored Procedure Generation Script
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Generating a Series I
What is returned by this code in SQL Server 2022?
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