Setting the Sample Rate for Auto Stats updates
SQL Server functionality can move on pretty quickly sometimes, and it’s not always all about the big features but the...
2017-09-12
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Do I Need to Master PowerShell?
As a SQL Server DBA, do you need to be a master of PowerShell scripts? In this 9 minute episode, I talk about how much you need to know...
2017-09-12
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Database Fundamentals #10: Modifying Tables
Invariably, either while building a new database, or while maintaining old ones, you will find that the business needs change...
2017-09-12
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Creating Hyper-V VMs with Powershell
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Rob Sewell (b|t) and surprise, surprise, it focuses on Powershell so I thought...
2017-09-12
415 reads
Turn on/off Azure VMs with Powershell
T-SQL Tuesday has rolled up on us yet again. This month it’s Rob Sewell’s (b/t) turn to host and picked...
2017-09-12
455 reads
Automate Migrations–T-SQL Tuesday #94
It’s T-SQL Tuesday time again, and I’m slightly pressed for time, which is sad. This is a great topic.
Rob Sewell...
2017-09-12
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';SELECT *: How Unicode Homoglyphs Can Thwart Your Database Security
For the past couple weeks I've been writing about how to protect your database from a SQL injection attack. Today, we will keep the trend going by looking at how...
2017-09-12
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SQLOrlando
We’ve haven’t had a good solution for managing money for SQLSaturday and our groups here in Orlando. In the early...
2017-09-12
439 reads
Someone is not following the best practices – dbatools and Pester don’t lie!
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is brought to us by my good friend Rob Sewell (b | t) and we will "Let’s...
2017-09-12
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#TSQL2sDay – Starting Out with PowerShell
This months TSQL2sday is hosted by me!
Surprise! – I chose PowerShell
I am really looking forward to seeing what other people post....
2017-09-12
606 reads
Blogs
Using AI to Build Semantic Models, Ontologies, and Fabric Data Agents
By James Serra
(This is the third post in a three-part series on how AI is changing...
SSMS Is Getting Smarter—and This Isn’t Just About Writing SQL
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Yippee-Kai-Yay 2027 Summit in Denver
By Steve Jones
Next year the PASS Data Community Summit is in DENVER! and London, but Denver...
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Question of the Day
Adding Bits I
I have a table, dbo.bittest, where I am testing an application response. This has this structure:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[BitTest] ( [insertdate] [datetime] NULL CONSTRAINT [DF__BitTest__insertd__300F11AC] DEFAULT (getdate()), [a] [bit] NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOMy application runs this code:
INSERT dbo.BitTest
(
insertdate,
a
)
VALUES
(DEFAULT, 'true')
GO
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