PowerShell – CHECK, START and STOP SQL Services of a remote servers
Replace a valid server name in the following examples. Try to do a testing on your local machine and understand...
2013-04-11
3,383 reads
Exploring Excel 2013 for BI Tip #6: GeoFlow–The Latest Excel Visualization
As I mentioned in my original post, Exploring Excel 2013 as Microsoft’s BI Client, I will be posting tips regularly...
2013-04-23 (first published: 2013-04-11)
3,349 reads
Find SQL Server Installation – Date and Time – 2005 Onwards
SELECT create_date as ‘SQL Server Install Date’ FROM sys.server_principals WHERE name=’NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM’
2013-04-10
703 reads
PowerShell – Pattern Search – Local or Remote Folder
#Description : List all the files of a local or remote drive, run this PowerShell script using PowerShell-ISE.exe for better execution...
2013-04-10
744 reads
Set DAC port with a specific number
Usually named instance can uses dynamic port, if firewall setup on the server, you can use SQL Server Configuration Manager...
2013-04-18 (first published: 2013-04-10)
5,106 reads
SSRS Map Label Overlap Fixed
In Reporting Services 2008 r2 and above there is a great tool called the Map tool. It is great for...
2013-04-10
977 reads
Staggering SQLIO Sessions Across Multiple Volumes
In a previous post, I discussed running SQLIO against multiple files. The purpose in using multiple files is being able...
2013-04-22 (first published: 2013-04-10)
2,023 reads
SQL Server 2000 is unsupported
Microsoft no longer supports SQL Server 2000 in any capacity.
http://youtu.be/A5cneCgNA9U
2013-04-10
828 reads
Run DBCC CHECKDB on a regular basis
Problem One common task as DBA is to run DBCC CHECKDB on a regular basis to detect and correct potential corruption...
2013-04-18 (first published: 2013-04-10)
11,911 reads
DMV-6 : How well my store procedure doing ?……..sys.dm_exec_procedure_stats
sys.dm_exec_procedure_stats DMV (Dynamic Management View), described by BOL as follows : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc280701.aspx
Returns aggregate performance statistics for cached stored procedures. The view...
2013-04-10
1,920 reads
Blogs
SSMS Is Getting Smarter—and This Isn’t Just About Writing SQL
Continuing with my takeaways from SQLCon and FabCon Europe in Barcelona, let’s talk about...
Yippee-Kai-Yay 2027 Summit in Denver
By Steve Jones
Next year the PASS Data Community Summit is in DENVER! and London, but Denver...
PASS Data Community Summit 2026
By Steve Jones
Yesterday was the first day of sessions at the PASS Data Community Summit (after...
Forums
Pay for Performance
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Pay for Performance, which is...
Switching Schemas I
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Switching Schemas I
Enforcing Unique Customer Emails When Duplicates Already Exist
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Enforcing Unique Customer Emails When...
Question of the Day
Switching Schemas I
I run this query:
SELECT s.name AS schemaname , o.name AS objectname FROM sys.objects o INNER JOIN sys.schemas s ON s.schema_id = o.schema_id WHERE o.name = 'Beer'I get one row back for an object named dbo.beer. There is an ETL schema and both of these are nonpartitioned tables. I run this code:
ALTER TABLE dbo.beer switch TO etl.beerWhat happens? See possible answers