Find Index Create Date
This article shows a quick script to help determine indexes that were created recently. This script will help you out of rough spot and help reduce the chance of...
2019-12-25
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Find Index Create Date
This article shows a quick script to help determine indexes that were created recently. This script will help you out of rough spot and help reduce the chance of...
2019-12-25
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2019-12-24
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Fritchey Family Christmas Movies
MERRY CHRISTMAS! HAPPY YULETIDE! HAPPY HANUKKUH! Instead of something technical, let’s take a moment to just kick back and enjoy a few great Christmas movies. Now, let’s be clear....
2019-12-23
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Backwards Compatible Symmetric Keys in SQL Server 2017+
I discovered recently that there was a change made in SQL Server 2017 to the way that symmetric key passphrases are hashed. There’s a KB article that notes the...
2020-01-06 (first published: 2019-12-23)
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Last Week Reading (2019-12-22)
Hello. It’s been a while since the last post of this series appeared. I will do my best to keep this going. So, without unnecessary introductions – let’s move...
2019-12-22
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Last Week Reading (2019-12-22)
Hello. It’s been a while since the last post of this series appeared. I will do my best to keep this going. So, without unnecessary introductions – let’s move...
2019-12-22
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Using the JOIN Function in Reporting Services
The JOIN() function in SQL Server Reporting Services is a handy tool that allows you to turn a list into a delimited string value. This function accepts two parameters,...
2019-12-22
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Using the JOIN Function in Reporting Services
The JOIN() function in SQL Server Reporting Services is a handy tool that allows you to turn a list into a delimited string value. This function accepts two parameters,...
2019-12-22
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Checking SSIS Variable Values During Runtime
As anyone who reads my blog on a regular basis knows, I’m a big fan of using dynamic configurations, including SSIS parameters variables, to make my ETL architectures as...
2020-01-03 (first published: 2019-12-21)
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RegEx Functions III
If I run the REGEXP_LIKE() function, does it match values in a case-sensitive fashion, or a case-insensitive fashion by default.
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